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...political life. No wonder that when the cult was abolished by order of the Allies after their victory in 1945, it left a lot of confused Japanese behind. What had been inculcated as religious doctrine was suddenly forbidden as dangerous militaristic propaganda. The Emperor could stay on his throne, but had to renounce his divinity. It was, perhaps, the first time in human history that God had to declare himself dead...
...book Vaclav Havel, or Living in Truth, Havel is quoted as saying science "kills God and takes his place on thevacant throne so that....science would be the solelegitimate arbiter of absolute truth...
...Madness of King George spreads its story on a broad canvas: the court of a troubled King who is seized by what seems to be dementia. As George III (Hawthorne) loses control, the foppish Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett) plots to seize the throne, while Prime Minister William Pitt (Julian Wadham) fights to retain his power. But at its heart King George is an intimate family drama. It can be seen as satirical parable-"The film is really as much about the royal family today as it is about the 18th century," says Bennett-or as domestic tragedy, a kind...
...rule, Mobutu has dealt brutally with opponents, civilian and military. His country's mineral wealth and location kept Mobutu valuable to Western interests for years, but when the threat of communist expansion disappeared, his worth diminished. By 1993 his horrific human-rights record and his refusal to yield the throne had led to an economic squeeze of Zaire by three major trading partners--the U.S., France and Belgium. Largesse from lenient banks dried up. Desperately casting a net for new friends, Mobutu found Robertson. Makau Mutua, projects director of the Human Rights Program at the Harvard Law School, says that...
...Elvin Jones Jazz Machine graced Cambridge with its presence the first weekend in February. Following the example of the late drummers Art Blakey and Art Taylor, Jones has turned the drum stool, into a throne from which the imperiously leads a rotating band of young burners under the rubric of The Jazz Machine. While the roster of Jazz Machine veterans is not quite sostar-studded as that of Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Jones has cultivated a consistent level of intensity, swing and sheer volume in his various bands. Even though its members are not very well known, the current edition...