Word: thrones
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Were the victors building up the throne? They were taking that chance. But the defeated Emperor's role as Man Friday for the occupying powers may in the long run disillusion the Japanese as nothing else could...
...What we should do at this critical moment is to wait for the great command from the throne. All wishful thinking must now be completely eliminated, nor is it of any use now to recount bygone events...
Back on the throne went lean-faced Bill Foster. Then the Association went back to class warfare by reconstituting itself the Communist Party, ready to fight for Stalinism...
...mention of the Emperor was omitted, possibly because the Allies are still debating what to do with him; possibly to suggest that his fate and that of the peculiar institution he represents will depend on how the throne's influence is exerted...
...chamber to steal the seal. Her rivals had won the dying Emperor's signature to papers granting them regency over the infant heir, but without the seal's imprint the documents were invalid. The ambitious Yehonala, better known as the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, seized the Manchu throne for herself. For 47 years she made and broke emperors at her will.* It was China's last glittering, decadent blaze of imperial glory...