Word: sovereignity
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...mark the Emperor's birthday and is replete with imagery. The pine tree stands for wisdom and long life, and the ganoderma, also known as lingzhi, is a fungus associated with immortality. But the majestic, rare white hawk - it dominates the painting - is the most auspicious symbol, representing a sovereign's virtue and legitimacy. Though Yongzheng's reign was short - he may have accidentally poisoned himself searching for the elixir of life - the art associated with him is perhaps the most intriguing in the exhibition. One set of hanging scrolls shows six of the 12 Portraits of the Yongzheng Emperor...
...banana leaf is echoed in an intricate jade carving of a round moon gate - as well as in an architectural moon gate that separates two rooms in the exhibition. A display case of ruyi scepters is paired with a hanging scroll, The Yongzheng Emperor Admiring Flowers, in which that sovereign holds just such a symbol of power. Although the Manchus continued to rule China until the last Emperor abdicated in 1912, the Qing Dynasty declined after the reigns of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. Their weaker successors were humbled by European powers and never matched the splendor and sophistication their forebears...
These days there are other wildcatters running tiny public companies investing in places like Peru and the Caspian Sea, but no one else is negotiating with sovereign governments for million-acre leases on Van Dyke's scale. On a trip to Libreville, Gabon Van Dyke shook hands with President Omar Bongo, in power since 1967 and one of the most entrenched rulers in the world. Van Dyke has signed similar leases for the right to look for oil with the leaders of Morocco, the Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Madagascar...
...although none, it seems, as disturbing as a few virtual friends on Mass. Ave. Until recently, the two digital representations of real people enjoyed greeting passersby with a lively “Hey, you!” encouraging them to investigate home equity options as they walked past Sovereign Bank. Then, all of a sudden, they stopped talking. The Sovereign voices have been silent for over a week. The toothy grins, the crisper-than-a-Docker’s-commercial khakis—gone, boarded up. Naima Bensassi, a personal banking representative at Sovereign Bank, adamantly insists...
...neither frustration among defense analysts nor Koizumi's undoubted energy are likely to get Japan moving at the speed the U.S. would like. Japan's constitution, written for it by Americans after 1945, assured that it would "renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation." For good reason, many Japanese remain deeply conflicted about the use of force. The grand bargain struck at the end of World War II-in essence that the U.S. would protect Japan in return for diplomatic support for its endeavors-served Japan well. It allowed the Japanese to concentrate on building the most sustained...