Word: breakup
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...hamlet, twelve miles from King Lukengu's seat, Mbawota, 25, a royal wife since childhood and mother of one of Lukengu's many sons, threw her arms wide in joy and happily declared: "Mputukanga has guns, and the King has only spears." Emboldened by the breakup of the royal harem, the King's Bakuba subjects are holding back taxes and their traditional gifts to the king...
Lerner's book, based on the novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White, renders the Arthurian legend in humorous, gentle, and somewhat modern style. It traces the history of Camelot from its formation to its breakup on account of Guinevere's attraction for Lancelot, with just the right proportions of boisterousness and pathos...
...breakup of the Marilyn Monroe-Arthur Miller marriage: The man who wrote Death of a Salesman seemed simply to have had all he could take, not only of his marriage but of Hollywood to boot. See SHOW BUSINESS, Popsie & Poopsie...
What reformers want from Diem is not so much more liberty as more flexibility and efficiency in his government. They would like to see 1) Nhu and his wife leave on an "extended vacation"; 2) the breakup of the underground Can Lao party, with its intricate business and police connections; 3) merit promotions in the armed forces-eight of the army's 17 generals are political appointees; 4) some delegation of authority by Diem, who must learn either to trust his ministers or to appoint ministers he can trust; 5) sanction for a democratic opposition...
...Ground: mental cruelty. Tina now has no admitted plans to wed anyone, not even her most constant recent escort, handsome young Venezuelan Moneybags Reinaldo Herrera Jr. In Milan stormy Soprano Maria Callas, 36, legally separated from her Italian husband and widely billed as the other woman in the Onassis breakup, said primly: "I can only confirm that a very tender and affectionate friendship still exists between Mr. Onassis...