Word: royals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...image of Cambodian culture that haunts the West is vague and almost ineffably romantic: the royal city of Angkor, slowly abandoned under threat of Thai occupation after 1431 but still the chief symbol of Cambodian identity, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world, with its colonnades and giant water reservoirs; its huge, impassive stone faces split by tree roots; its temple mountains and crumbling pine-cone spires. Spreading over some 150 sq. mi., it has excited dithyrambs from visitors ever since the French started going there in the 19th century. "I looked up at those towers rising above...
...second period begins in 802, when the royal capital of the Khmer was established at Angkor, beside the sacred river--the "Khmer Ganges"--of Siem Reap. It was to last six centuries. The sculpture of high Angkor tends to be more severe, hieratical and augustly withdrawn than the earlier work. The face of the great 9th century Vishnu figure from the town of Siem Reap bears an imperious expression, and the god's four hands, grasping his symbolic attributes--a club for knowledge, a ball signifying the earth, a chakra or disc symbolizing power and a conch betokening water...
...desire was somewhat mitigated by his small stature, but Leonard delighted in beating opponents who far outdrove him. Because Leonard rarely loses his composure, tour friend Brad Faxon calls him a flat-liner. That trait is, in one way, a gift from his father and his golfing buddies at Royal Oaks--they routinely threw tees and taunts at the kid just as he would swing...
...ahead and take care of your Ryder Cup spot this week?" Just as the Prince Andrew look-alike finished his final-round 65 to win by three strokes, Kite, who had finished 10th, was at the airport preparing to fly home. The Ryder Cup captain decided to return to Royal Troon to tell Leonard, "Welcome to the team...
...also held the office of president with the International Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the American Economic Association, the Econometric Society and was awarded an honorary vice presidency by the Royal Economic Society...