Word: viceroy
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...theology of the Devil, the mystery religion of Gnosticism was on the scene, proclaiming that the world and all material things in it were irredeemably evil. Taking up the Gnostics' bias, the fathers often wrote as if Satan really were the ruler of the world, or at least its viceroy...
...bowling tournament called the Winston-Salem Classic, which will be televised Feb. 20 by ABC. While non-tobacco firms will sponsor the show, the words "Winston" and "Salem" certainly will be mentioned. If other manufacturers pick up the idea, there could be a Pall Mall golf tournament, or a Viceroy auto sweepstakes...
...become more outspoken than ever against Russian domination in Eastern Europe. Displeased, the Soviets in turn are pressing to hold Warsaw Pact maneuvers in Rumania this spring. Last week Soviet Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky, the Warsaw Pact commander, and Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov, until recently the Russian viceroy in Prague, visited Bucharest for a chat with Rumanian leaders...
...conforming with state interests." So confident have the Russians become that they returned sovereignty over the country's airspace to the Czechoslovaks themselves. This means that Czechoslovak pilots will no longer need to obtain air clearance from Soviet officials for every flight. Moreover, Moscow summoned home its viceroy in Prague, First Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov, apparently satisfied that his job is done for the time being...
...Britain retains by far the biggest U.S. stake. It has $2.9 billion invested, mainly in petroleum (Royal Dutch/Shell), chemicals, textiles, insurance and a range of consumer items that includes Brown & Williamson's Viceroy cigarettes, Unilever's laundry products and Good Humor ice cream, and hot-selling Capitol Records, in which EMI Ltd. has a controlling interest. Current sterling-export restrictions are making expansion difficult but not impossible. Much as U.S. firms do in Europe, Bowater Paper went to U.S. capital markets for its share of a new $14 million newsprint plant that it is building jointly with...