Word: thrones
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Bedouins in the desert than discussing policy in the corridors of power. Diplomats were often surprised, one visitor recalled, when he would engage them in talk about "the stars, hunting and spring rains, topics that made his eyes brighten." He was a reluctant monarch who ascended the throne to preserve family unity, and he eagerly delegated authority to younger and more sophisticated members of the royal family. When he died last week at the age of 69, Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia since 1975, was revered as a wise ruler who provided a mantle...
...Abdullah, 59, a half brother of Fahd's, to Crown Prince. Abdullah, who is commander of the national guard, is considered an articulate advocate of Arab nationalism and Palestinian rights (see box). Prince Sultan, 58, a full brother of Fahd's, became second in line to the throne. He will retain his positions as Minister of Defense and Aviation and commander of the army...
...usually recognized as King the oldest survivor of the 45 legitimate sons born to the various wives of Ibn Saud. The princes last week demonstrated family solidarity again by naming Crown Prince Fahd to in the late King Khalid, and Abdullah, who had been second in line for the throne, to be the new Crown Prince and heir apparent of the immensely wealthy oil kingdom...
King Henry (Patrick Stewart) fears the reverse, that his scapegrace son has been corrupted by dissolute companions. He is depressed by the thought that when Hal ascends the throne, the realm will dissolve in chaos. Chaos abounds as it is. Scotland and Wales are in rebellion, and the noble families who helped Henry to overthrow Richard II are now conspiring to overthrow him. Paradoxically, the King admires one of those conspirators, Harry Percy (Timothy Dalton), known as Hotspur. He so cherishes Hotspur's valor that he wishes...
...First Vatican Council of 1869-70 may have set back by several centuries the chances of restoring unity under Rome by proclaiming the Pope's personal infallibility-when he declares ex cathedra (from the throne) on a matter of faith and morals. It also insisted on the Pope's direct jurisdiction over each and every believer on earth. This was, perhaps, an improvement on the papal bull of 1302 that declared, "It is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff." The 1870 decree caused dissension even within the ranks of Catholic...