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...charges of election fraud in general, we have only to refer Williams to a document with which she should be more familiar: the HRC constitution. In Article VIII, Section 7a, the constitution states that "if any member...shall contest the results of the election upon reasonable grounds, he must present his grievance in writing to the chair of the election committee within 24 hours...
ACCORDING TO YOUR CHART ON THE longevity of marriages of celebrity couples [Chronicles, April 10], Catherine Howard and Henry VIII were married only 18 days. However, they were actually married for almost 18 months-from July 1540 until her execution...
...very least, if you read Maribuana Reconsidered, you can arm yourself with a few useful sets of statistics and some interesting cocktail party factoids. For instance, the sacred plant was so useful that Henry VIII required its cultivation by English farmers, and George Washington himself had a crop...
...that she and husband Andrew Parker Bowles had divorced by mutual consent. Britain is now rife with speculation that Charles, who separated from Princess Diana two years ago, will get a divorce himself to marry the woman he loves -- the very predicament that forced his great uncle, King Edward VIII, to abdicate in 1936. Will it be the lady or the throne?TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrandsays that dilemma won't arise, as the Church of England has relaxed its rules on divorce since it forced that choice on Edward. Now, Hillenbrand says, the Church merely forbids a would...
...individual less regretted by his fellow creatures.' Cartoonists such as Gilfray, Rowlandson and Cruickshank attacked the monarch in a manner which would look savage even today.' This intense criticism and lack of respect for the monarchy did not produce a serious, widespread consideration to sack it. Edward VIII's abdication crisis in 1936 might have provided some civil liberties rationale for abolition, but it did not. It was clear that the monarchy practiced discrimination in dismissing members of "the firm" for marrying whomever they chose...