Word: protectorate
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...abolished monarchial rule, reformed the law, drew the blueprint for religious freedom. Yet he was preceded by one King Charles and followed by another. His followers were reviled or executed; his anti-Catholicism was notorious. Oliver Cromwell described himself as "a miserable and wretched creature"-but as Lord Protector he strode through England as God's appointed messenger...
Such work is the triumph of the technical adviser, not the film maker. The essences of conscience and character are left unfilled. Cromwell ends with a fatuous paragraph saluting Oliver's great contributions to democratic government. It never mentions that two years after his death, the Lord Protector's bones were dug up and hanged at Tyburn. No one knows precisely where Cromwell's remains now lie, and it is vain to search for any vestige of the man in the film that bears his name...
...flight from Nazareth. That association with air travel has been enough to make the town of 9,500 a profitable center of jet-age piety. Last week at least 50,000 pilgrims crammed in to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a papal proclamation designating the Madonna of Loreto as protector of aviators; they overflowed the 20 hotels and dozen boarding houses that have gone up in Loreto in recent years. Prosperity from tourism has helped Loreto entrepreneurs to finance several small factories producing souvenirs and religious objects on the periphery of the town...
Growing Presence. Since early spring, the Russians have switched roles from protector of the Egyptians to participant in the hostilities. The Soviet presence has multiplied from 4,000 military advisers and technicians to 10,000 and is still growing. At least 250 Russian pilots, by Israeli count, are flying MIGs with Egyptian markings, and at least 25 SA3 missile sites are spotted around Cairo, Alexandria and the Aswan High Dam. The U.S. does not quarrel with Israel about the accuracy of those figures -just about their meaning. Up to now, Washington has considered the Russian threat less imminent than...
...reckon with the armed forces. No Soviet leader could gain power today in the face of the army command's express opposition. An elite, well-paid and tradition-conscious group of professionals, the military officer corps is one of the most cohesive elements in Soviet society. Moreover, as the protector of an invasion-wary people, the army commands genuine popular respect, even though its vast appetite for funds is chiefly responsible for persistent shortages of consumer goods. Top political leaders rely heavily on military expertise for advice on policies as diverse as the location of a factory and the Soviet...