Word: sickness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the somber young prince with the wistful eyes behind thick spectacles ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, Japan was a rising Pacific power that worshiped both the Emperor's divinity and the potentials of military strength in a world sick of war and attempting unsuccessfully to disarm. That was on Christmas Day, 1926. Last week, with three rousing shouts of "Banzai!" followed by a loud brass fanfare, government and diplomatic notables marked the 50th anniversary of Emperor Hirohito's accession...
Borowczyk, also the screenwriter, does not stop Ewa's fall here. Within the next 45 minutes, and to the triumphant strains of Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Ewa stuffs her illegitimate child down an outhouse hole, pull a love-sick count by the nose all the way to Paris, and finally succumbs to a shifty-looking criminal who uses her charms to defraud the hapless count. "Isn't this going too far? we begin to wonder...
...trucks, and a series of towns and hamlets populated by 10,000 workers. The capital of this jungle kingdom is Monte Dourado (present pop. 3,500), a sprawling new community of attractive bungalows, town houses and apartments. A Jari-built hospital staffed by seven doctors cares for the sick, and a Jari school educates the employees' children. A giant service depot stocks nearly $6 million worth of spare parts and equipment so that a force of 266 mechanics can keep heavy-duty machines busy building more roads, more industrial sites and ports, and even a roadbed for a 43-mile...
Andreotti's real target is not the holidays themselves so much as a weekend-extending device known as il ponte (the bridge). When a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, about 35% of Italy's work force routinely call in sick on Monday or Friday, using the day as a bridge to prolong the weekend to four days. This year, adept bridgers have been able to take off an extra 20 days with no loss in pay. But next year, with at most two midweek holidays on the fiesta calendar, bridging is doomed...
...quit ruling the waves in six weeks to take charge of preparations for the Silver Jubilee, next year's celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 25th year on the throne. His leave-taking will mark the end of a not-so-bon voyage. "I have never actually been sick until I came to this ship," confesses the Prince. "She has given me some particularly nasty moments. It gives me nightmares thinking about them...