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...great empires, the Mongols left the scantiest legacy. The Greeks gave us literature and philosophy, the Romans architecture and law, the British railroads and cricket. The Mongols, true to their nomadic temperament, built nothing and walked away as if their empire were a mere winter camp. They are history's ultimate one-hit wonders. But as Stewart discovers, they have taken this eclipse well. Mongolians can be a barrel of laughs, especially at weddings, which devolve into violently fun drinking sessions in which "giving your new in-laws a good thumping" is expected. The author, perhaps influenced by the omnipresent...
...draped coffin moved across the old capital, drawn by naval ratings, and bareheaded Londoners stood trembling in the cold, they mourned not only him and all he had meant, but all they had been, and no longer were, and would never be again." Most likely, Manchester had only the scantiest notion where that sentence would wind up when he began it. Once he caught up with it, he got it, but then there was another sentence running on ahead. Until recently, there was always another sentence...
...rebels' show of strength comes at a particularly difficult time for the government, which already faces staggering economic trouble. This year's coffee harvest will probably be the scantiest in 30 years, disastrous news for a country that counts on this single product for one-third of its income. An additional 50% of its income comes from U.S. aid, but belt tightening in Washington could erode the $537 million currently allocated to El Salvador...
...charges at the nursery school where she taught, the sun at her back clearly outlining her legs and thighs through a diaphanous skirt. That caused a sensation, but it was only the beginning. Fleet Street's overheated tabloids, used to concocting royal "romances" on the scantiest of evidence-a day at the races with Lady Camilla Fane, a chat at the polo grounds with Secretary Jane Ward-regularly made up quotes and printed rumors. Diana was ambushed by paparazzi while riding in her car and reduced to tears. Finally, a story in the Sunday Mirror alleged that...
...film captures the dark, gray quality of drab Berlin, Bergman has punctuated the gloom with bright and often zany scenes. "After years of crying for him," says Liv Ullmann, who plays Manuela, the nightclub entertainer whom Carradine loves, "Ingmar has finally allowed me to sing and dance." Wearing the scantiest of costumes, Ullmann was ordered to perform badly a bawdy German ballad called I Have a Sweet Bonbon for the audience of the sleazy cabaret called the Blue Mule...