Word: viceroy
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...restoring order. Bremer announced on Thursday that these patrols had arrested about 300 criminals in two days, and their visible presence on Baghdad's dark streets was a sign that the lawlessness plaguing the capital will no longer be tolerated. It was also a sign that Washington's new viceroy has far greater authority than did his predecessor to enlist the military in support of the transition effort...
...military. But the State Department had warned against a rush to install an exile-dominated leadership of uncertain standing among Iraqis. Next week, Garner hands the reins of the transition over to Paul "Jerry" Bremer, a seasoned State Department antiterrorism official tapped to supercede the retired general as U.S. viceroy in Baghdad. And the plans may yet change after that - on any number of fronts...
...celebrating crowd was so huge that Nehru, the new Prime Minister, had to fight his way to the grandstand, at one point knocking off the turban of a man who had gotten in his way. He was worried for the safety of his friends, the last British viceroy Lord Mountbatten, who was a cousin of England's monarch, and his wife Edwina, with whom Nehru was secretly enamored. But Mountbatten knew of another secret that would cause great grief...
...passions - literature, feminism, theosophy (an occult religion), pacifism - was worthwhile. Her "litany of grievances" began on her honeymoon and never ceased. Sex was an issue from day one and came to a complete halt some time between 1911-14. Ambitious and blinkered, Emily, the daughter of a Viceroy of India, sought out heroes. Her husband, with his obscure origins and shameless pursuit of the rich and powerful, was never to be one. And yet, as Ridley capably demonstrates, the marriage survived through numerous lengthy separations and intense extramarital relationships. Divorce was less common then than now, and it suited both...
...joined in. Civil disobedience spread until Gandhi was arrested again. Soon more than 60,000 Indians filled the jails, and Britain was shamed by the gentle power of the old man and his unresisting supporters. Though Gandhi had been elected to no office and represented no government, the Viceroy soon began negotiating with...