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...time in English history that any such parent-child transfer occurred was under duress: in 1327 rebellious nobles compelled the effete Edward II to hand on his crown to his young son, who became Edward III. The four other English abdications were also under pressure. Richard II and Henry VI were forced out by political rivals during the Wars of the Roses; James II was expelled in 1688 because he had converted to Roman Catholicism; and Edward VIII gave up his throne in 1936 because of the widespread opposition to his marrying an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson...
...just isn't creative or spirited enough, and it is specifically creativity and spirit make a good adventure flick, not the final body count. If you're going to kill someone, at least kill them in an interesting way. Commando is nothing more than Friday the Thirteenth Part VI: 'Jason joins the army...
...Allied forces on D day. Other owners have included Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and the Michael Jackson clan, who are said to own eight among them. Queen Elizabeth has five Rolls-Royces and was disturbed when she saw the new square side mirrors on her latest, a 1978 Phantom VI. Company officials scrambled to replace them with the old round version...
...Crimson can hold onto its lead over perennial Division II sking power Bowdoin through the next three carnivals, it will be invited to the Division I Carnival, to be held in Middlebury, VI., on bruary...
...Popes, beginning with John XXIII. "But covering Pope John Paul II has been especially gratifying," says Wynn. "He has a real knack for getting into the news. Altogether, TIME has done eight cover stories on him since he was chosen in 1978; we did only three on Pope Paul VI during his entire 15-year papacy." The Vatican assignment has taken Wynn around the world with this most peripatetic of Pontiffs. In the past six years, he has accompanied John Paul on 16 trips abroad, logging 150,000 miles and visiting 38 countries on six continents. Says he: "I have...