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...While the sect teaches peace, love and understanding, rival factions have actually come to fisticuffs over who should ascend the throne at Rumtek. And there's little doubt about which Karmapa the monks of Rumtek favor. A life-size photograph of the Tibetan Karmapa rests on the golden throne in a residence at the top of the monastery. But until the Indian government allows him to make the long trip to Rumtek, the controversy will doubtless continue. Some say the conflict is more about control of the monastery's surfeit of treasures than of spirituality. Until the ascension dispute...
...British. On Aug. 19, 1953, after the deaths of about 300 people in street riots, the 71-year-old Premier was overthrown. He was replaced by a retired army general, Fazollah Zahedi. The American-friendly Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who had earlier fled the country, returned triumphantly, resumed the throne and reasserted his control...
...Harvard women’s tennis team has been waiting for this weekend all season. Four years have passed since the Crimson last won the Ivy title, and the two teams to occupy the league throne since then—Princeton and Penn—are all that stand in the way of Harvard reclaiming the championship for the 14th time tomorrow afternoon...
...American leadership has wisely avoided bilateral talks with North Korea, insisting that multilateral talks including its concerned neighbors will be more productive and less likely to result in blackmail. The next step to improving America’s Asian diplomacy is abdicating the throne of global micromanagement and encouraging other regional powers to take active and responsible roles in promoting peace...
...their faith, was Sargent’s symbolism of the synagogue as a blind old woman—a reference to the medieval convention signifying the failure of Judaism to see the truth of Christianity. By contrast, Sargent portrayed the church as wide-eyed and demurely poised atop a throne-like seat...