Word: successional
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The year passes in a succession of lonely midnight shifts. Wilkinson checks to see that houses are secure and gets called to a few domestic squabbles. He witnesses an autopsy and spends months trying to shake the memory of what he has seen. Most of all, he listens to the...
At 5:15 that afternoon, Israeli jets roar high above the city. Two sonic booms follow in quick succession. A cloud of leaflets is produced in midair. It hangs, then floats down very slowly, like a great hive of small white birds beating their wings wildly as they fall.
Why is the talent-laden Summer Theater putting on a play which is so difficult to transform into something other than a politically dated satire (an attempt which succeeds surprisingly well despite all obstacles)? Perhaps the ensemble nature of the play will help the 17 actors form a group capable...
The House of Saud, the ruling dynasty established by the great warrior Ibn Saud Saudi he conquered the vast desert territory that is now Saudi Arabia in 1932, is in effect a one-family government that operates by consensus. The kingdom has no constitution, so royal succession is decided by...
The smooth transition belied rumors that a family schism had developed between the traditionalist senior Princes, such as Khalid and Abdullah, and the more modern-oriented branch of the family, headed by Fahd. The new King is the eldest of the powerful "Sudairi Seven," the sons of Ibn Saud by...