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When the late King Sobhuza was angry, his subjects used to say, "The lion is aroused." According to royal aides, Mswati likewise displays a natural imperiousness. Several advisers who have seen the young King in high dudgeon have given him the sobriquet "Fire Eyes." Like his father, Mswati is clearly determined to have a king-size family. He has three wives already, and at this week's annual reed-dance ceremony, in which Swazi maidens take part in a topless parade, he may be induced to choose a fourth...
...synonymous with political graft that today William Marcy Tweed is recalled mainly by the sobriquet Boss. But Novelist Morris Renek knows that the bulbous, corrupt Tammany Hall leader was not merely a caricaturist's dream. He was an authentic 19th century figure with plans and desires -- not all of them villainous. Bread and Circus imagines Tweed in his salad days, graduating from modest alderman to urban caliph. The campaigner swiftly learns to deny himself nothing, devouring vast meals, acquiring power at the expense of the citizenry, puffing like a beached whale as he sports in the percales with a period...
Dukakis's first term as governor was characterized by public relations problems, as many of the policies he instituted provoked reaction from community groups and the press. Massachusetts earned the sobriquet of "Taxachusetts" under Dukakis's leadership in the mid-1970s as the state tried to remedy an economic crisis with taxes that were among the highest in the nation...
...hiccuping brass and chattering woodwinds. The slow movement, "Dusk," is the work's emotional center, a lambent watercolor of uncommon beauty. After this, the finale comes as something of a letdown. The symphony's clear textures give way to a muddiness that cannot be entirely justified by the "Darkness" sobriquet. Harbison rejected his first draft as too light in mood, but the symphony now ends diffidently rather than blackly. Without firm cadences to rely on, audiences have trouble enough knowing when a new piece is over; at the first performance, skillfully conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, it was not immediately clear...
Ramos, whose reputation for ducking political decisions has earned him the sobriquet "Hamlet," proved more loyal to the military than to the President. In 1985 he filled in as armed forces chief while Ver faced conspiracy charges in the assassination of Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino, the current President's husband. Ramos and Enrile persuaded Marcos to hear the complaints of junior officers who wanted promotions based on merit, not favoritism. The talks came to nothing, but Ramos gained points with younger officers. Military reform is still high on his agenda. Western military observers in Manila say armed forces morale...