Word: rulers
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Still, Vellucci says he has weathered two previous crises in his life, and he claims tomorrow will be no different. He's spent the past months throwing parties and sitting at his kitchen table with a magic marker and ruler to draw his own campaign posters. If Vellucci loses, it will be only to a much more conservative, pro-landlord independent, and, as one liberal councilor explained the difference between them and Vellucci, "Those people made it and they are concerned about being with people who made it. Al Vellucci always stayed in the same home in East Cambridge...
Ozymandias, as the Greeks called Ramses II, was a compulsive builder of temples, palaces and statues. But Ramses, who reigned in the 13th century B.C., was not the only Egyptian ruler with an edifice complex; every pharaoh, from 3,000 B.C. on, helped assure his immortality by leaving behind monuments of many kinds and shapes to his greatness. For many years the temple complex at Karnak has stood out as one of the most remarkable of these works...
...Middle East experts argue that a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza would be more of a safeguard for Israel than a hazard. For one thing, such a state would not be entirely free. Even P.L.O. leaders now talk approvingly about having formal links with Jordan, whose ruler, King Hussein, desperately wants peace with Israel. Moreover, it is clearly in the interests of moderate Arab nations that a dangerously radical regime does not emerge in any Palestinian state. A radical Palestine would be as likely to stir up unrest in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the Arabs' principal...
...gondolier brothers falling in love with and marrying two peasant girls in the first act. But then the trouble starts. One of these brothers turns out to be the lost king of Barataria but, good Venetian egalitarians that they are, neither of the supposed brothers wants to be the ruler or knows which actually is. All of which gives them good reason to rule Barataria together and gives G & S good reason to make clever lyrics about people who do not believe in monarchy but have to be king. And this, after all, is the only important point. Gondoliers, which...
...Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill. From behind the potted palms, the U.S. Navy Commanders' Trio plinked out Indiana, while congressional movers and shakers wreaked havoc on mounds of shrimp, deviled eggs and sliced beef. The occasion: a retirement fete honoring Frances Knight, 72, for 22 years absolute ruler-some said Dragon Lady-of the U.S. Passport Office. A legend of efficiency, she was also a scrappy defender against a large assortment of enemies, including liberals who opposed her militant conservatism and State Department bureaucrats who chafed at her independence. Admits Knight: "I'm not a team player...