Word: throned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Throne of Saturn, Drury
...Standard Oil. In Iran, in 1953 (when "guess-who" was Vice President), the CIA engineered a coup against the popularly-supported government of Mossadegh, after that nationalist leader began nationalizing Anglo-Iranian Oil, the largest Western firm in that country. The CIA restored the present Shah to the throne, and a year later an Oil Consortium was created through negotiations between the Shah and American companies (the British and Dutch were effectively excluded from those negotiations). The result was that British oil interests were reduced to 40 per cent, American interests increased to 40 per cent, and the Dutch...
...Court, 7-6, 7-6, for the Victorian Women's Singles title. Evonne then went on to whip Betty Stove of The Netherlands 6-1, 6-4, for the New Zealand championship. With Mrs. Court retiring after this season, Evonne has blossomed as the prime pretender to her throne. Mrs. Court herself said, "I think, at last, I have found an Australian to take my place...
There is more to be said, but much more that needs to be done. Black history gives us some ideas about what to do, such as Archibald H. Grimke's Right on the Seaffold, Wrong on the Throne, a sketch of Denmark Vesey's life. Check out the exhibit, Black Students at Harvard 1847-1900, on display at Widener Library. You will find it literally revealing...
...much of a political pragmatist and innovator that nobody knew quite what to make of him. Especially his feckless father. Lapped in beautiful women and dreams of martial acclaim, Charles snubbed and ignored the boy until, at the age of 16. Louis responded with a plot to seize the throne. It failed, but Louis had found his métier...