Word: throned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...India, a Hindu politico put it more vividly: "Whenever a great Mogul ascended to the throne in ancient India, he killed all his brothers and cousins because of fear that they might challenge his position. Russia's rulers are only following this bloody custom. Malenkov has begun the massacre of all Stalin's potential heirs...
...Elizabeth's death or incapacity. As such, she would continue to be an important political figure until Charles, now 4, becomes 18. If the act were changed (as Elizabeth wishes) to make Philip the regent, Margaret would become merely another heir (the third in line) to a throne she is not likely to ascend...
...Pedro II. In ten days, after she had reformed the cabinet, she pushed the emancipation bill through the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Commoners and courtiers joined in celebration, but the princess' ousted prime minister sardonically predicted: "She has freed a people, but she has lost a throne...
Monteverdi's last opera (1642) and his most affecting score, rich in musical compassion and credible characterization. The story, which might have trouble with contemporary film censors, tells how Poppea, Nero's mistress, ousts the rightful empress and triumphantly takes her place on the Roman throne. The recording is notable for some superb singing by Soprano Sylvia Gähwiller and Contralto Maria Helbling in a fine cast...
...decision, a popular one among Egypt's 20 million, abolished the regency set up after Farouk's exile and made young (1½) Fuad, Farouk's son and heir to the throne, just another Egyptian. It left Egypt in the charge of four soldiers, who now have new official titles: Premier Naguib, the "public-relations man" of the military junta, his Vice Premier, Lieut. Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, 35, the real strongman of the bloodless revolution, and two other Egyptian army officers loyal to Nasser, and therefore to Naguib...