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Awesome Real Estate. Early in his reign, Mahendra decided that a country just awakening from the somnolence of the Middle Ages and still 93% illiterate needed strong leadership from the throne. In 1960, introducing Pakistani-style "controlled democracy," he abolished political parties, put the election of the legislature on an indirect basis and clapped potential troublemakers in jail. This has left him free to emancipate women and untouchables, end polygamy and begin breaking up Nepal's feudal estates...
...that had been awaited for 26 years. When he took the throne in 1941, the Shah rejected a formal coronation until he had a male heir, and until Iran was no longer the desperately poor and backward country that he had inherited. His conditions have now been met. His third wife, Empress Farah, gave birth to Crown Prince Reza seven years ago. The Shah himself launched an ambitious development program that has brought industry and prosperity to his nation, and his land reform has turned 15 million peasants into independent farmers whose soil is now their...
...tradition of his predecessors, he placed his 3,755-jewel crown on his own head, millions of Iranians fell to their knees and shouted "Javid Shah [Long live the Shah]." When he broke tradition by also crowning Empress Farah, it was the ceremonial affirmation of her importance to his throne. The first woman ever to be crowned in Iran's 2,513-year history as a monarchy, she will become regent, if anything happens to the Shah, until Prince Reza comes of age. It is a possibility that the Shah, who has survived two assassination attempts, knows is very...
...ranging from $25,000 for the ex-Queen of Buganda, who stayed behind when Freddie fled, to $70,500 for the Omukama of Bunyoro. Obote has confiscated, however, most of the splendid trappings of royalty. He sent a dump truck to cart off the Omugabe of Ankole's throne, his velvet ceremonial robes, his gilt crowns and his fat royal drums of buckskin. Last week the aging, potbellied Omukama of Bunyoro watched sadly as his regalia of silken robes and black ostrich-feather headdresses were taken away to be mothballed in the basement of a government building. With baggage...
...white-assed. Naw suh! Young Massah, old massah sweet-talk me, I jes' feel black-assed th'ough and th'ough. Figger when I gets to heaven like you say I is, do good Lord hisself even He gwine make old Hark feel black-assed, standin' befo' de golden throne. Dere He is, white as snow, givin' me a lot of sweet talk and me feelin' like a black-assed angel...