| 单词 | ruler |
| 例句 | Carl sticks pencils and rulers into the snowman’s torso and pens into its head. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In the early nineteenth century, and even today, the Chewa people were the rulers of the central plains. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z After the paint dries, use a permanent marker to make the yellow rim look like a ruler. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z More important, everywhere they went, they had to keep explaining the weird set of mistakes and missteps and deceptions that had caused the destruction of both rulers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She mumbled, “Yes, sir,” and made a move to sit back down, but he stuck out his ruler to stop her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I decided to call mine Blaze Tower After King Blaze, the ruler of my kingdom. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Mama started with a prayer for peace and for the rulers of our country. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z With a craft knife and ruler, he dissected the first page of the Book and reassembled it in the traditional Western languages order—left to right, parallel rows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “It is the Spirit of the Mountain who decides if the ruler is worthy!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Maybe a new ruler will make a new crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But the ruler could send anyone away if he so chose, and my face was more than enough reason for him to reject my presence. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Alienation between rulers and ruled even extended to matters of simple nomenclature: according to one modern authority on demotic-script documents, the natives studiously avoided referring to Alexandria in the language of their conquerors. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And so when the rulers of Rome sought to parley with Sextus Pompeius, he demanded they do so thus: each party situated upon a floating platform, shouting to each other across the waves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Shelves of construction paper and boxes of pencils and rulers jumped into focus. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I got into trouble with the nuns at Maryvale they’d rap me on the knuckles with the edge of a metal ruler. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z More commonly, two states joined when their rulers married. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And there is the place named after its ruler: Hel, where the dead go who did not die bravely in battle. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Carthage had been founded by a woman, Dido, who was still its ruler and under whom it was growing into a great and splendid city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Our teacher, Miss Page, was a small, pinched woman, given to sudden rages and savage thrashings with her ruler. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Its rulers rebuilt Monks Mound, but the poorly engineered patch promptly sagged. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley stalks the aisles, whacking their knuckles with a ruler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Especially because the first king of the City of Bright Moonlight is known for being the greatest ruler in the city’s history. All his descendants, including King KaeJae, revere him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Instead it was probably created to separate elite from hoi pol- loi, with the goal of emphasizing the priestly rulers' separate, superior, socially critical connection to the divine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So now I am the page of a ruler. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As a result, the Inka were almost forced to co-opt local rulers instead of displacing them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, in the by-now familiar hegemonic pattern, they tried to force the rulers of the vanquished state to become their vassals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His fingers, unlike Baba’s, were clumsy around tools, especially ones as delicate as a protractor, compass, or ruler. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Within three years Sky Witness had persuaded the new ruler of Oxwitza’ to betray his masters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So far there were two short extension cords, a couple of rolls of burlap-looking twine, and some metal rulers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z News of the atomic bomb quickly reached Joseph Stalin, the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union, at his headquarters in the Kremlin, in Moscow's Red Square. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No matter who tried to put me in one: schoolmarms with their rulers, cops with their nightsticks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It might be a whole secret country,” she continued, “and you and I would be the rulers of it.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z More tightly organized and military minded than Tiwanaku, the rulers of Wari stamped out cookie-cutter fortresses and stationed them all along their borders. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The past ruler had taxed them heavily and punished them harshly, and they had no hope for better. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Tiger, the kitten from that terrible Christmas six years ago, was the fat and clever ruler of wherever they lived. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Contemporary European rulers also included some who despised guns and tried to restrict their availability. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I was in a car with the brother-in-law of the son of the ruler of Arabia. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This man can be called almost a new prince, since from being a weak ruler, through fame and glory he became the first king of Christendom. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The ruler swung his sword in the other direction, squinting through the threads of snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Had Europe been united under any one of the first three rulers, its colonization of the Americas might have been stillborn. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His mind had a hard time grasping names of places, or remembering countries or rulers, how the world was organized. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She said, “Dead rattlers drying on the shower curtain rod. A man with rulers for hands sitting in the room next door. You know, chihuahuas in the mini-fridge.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now grant protection to Terabithia, to ail its people, and to us its rulers.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z "Alexander of Macedonia. Alexander the Great. Only thirty-two years old and ruler of much of the ancient world. How much more he might have achieved if he'd only listened to me." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z They slide along it like gigantic tapering rulers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was more than a schoolmarm with a ruler, trying to nudge me to the straight and narrow, which could never work. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your rulers have condemned you to the massacres, miseries, and privations of a war they can never hope to win," the leaflet says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z This image is an illustration from the Persian epic poem The Shahnama, which begins in the mythic past but includes a sequence of real rulers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z They must be important rulers, and immensely old, but... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A better way would be to place a ruler gently next to the pencil, but in fact, comparing the lengths of the two objects also changes the pencil’s speed a tiny bit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And when they reached the palace, even before he had stepped out from behind the curtains of the sedan, the ruler was already calling out orders. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When the first king of the City of Bright Moonlight came to power, the people had no love for their new ruler. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z We learn to draw the Union Jack, using a ruler and memorizing the various crosses, for St. George of England, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In hegemonic empires, the internal affairs of conquered areas remain in the hands of their original rulers, who become vassals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bees know enough geometry to make row after row of perfect hexagons, angles so accurate you’d think they used rulers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I might not be the world’s best artist, but I can draw better than the stick figures and line drawings on Jason’s other cards, all perfect circles and ruler- straight lines. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you never wrong?” said Queen Bella, and she smiled into the weakening eyes of her ruler. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Every night I prayed to Allah to make me taller, then I measured myself on my bedroom wall with a ruler and pencil. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Everywhere, rulers and elites sprang up, living off the peasants’ surplus food and leaving them with only a bare subsistence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I also know that President Ratcliffe would be quite surprised to find out that Chief Powhatan thinks Captain Smith is our real ruler. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Seven hundred years ago, Kublai Khan was the ruler of China. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the stuff reported to the class was a list of the countries that had depended on oracles to help the rulers decide how to run things. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tyrant,” in the classical context, just means absolute ruler—though five will get you ten they were tyrants in the modern sense also. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Even though Roosevelt didn't have a tape measure, he used a pocket ruler to take the measurements of the seal, a rare find in New York City. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “But is it the truth? That is an excellent question for the future ruler of Regalia to ponder,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Which is how I came to be here, about to try to find a monarch willing to back a ruler other than Balekin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He got up, left the room for a moment, and came back with two wooden rulers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Well, yes, that’s very good. Thank you,” said the man, accepting the ruler. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “If I’m lucky, many of my guests will have gone. They needn’t all hear their future ruler disgrace himself.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The reaction of the white rulers to our first efforts was swift and brutal: sabotage was declared to be a crime punishable by death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most everybody jotted down random guesses, but I took a ruler and measured the length of what we had and the length left to reach the floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z So the child was taken gently from the ship and wrapped in rich robes and hailed as ruler of all the Danes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z To their south sprawled the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, where the empire’s rulers, as ruthless and preoccupied with national glory as so many Bismarcks, considered what to do with their soldiers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And when she did not use the ruler on me, I knew I had guessed right,” he responded. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Cahokia’s rulers tried to bolster their position by building even bigger houses and flaunting even more luxury goods like fancy pottery and jewelry made from exotic semiprecious stones. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So, in his best-built sedan chair and with his strongest servants and warmest furs, the new ruler traveled to the mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z After the Boston Tea Party, in 1773, when the anger of the American colonists against their British rulers began to spill over, dozens of committees and congresses of angry colonists sprang up around New England. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed uncharacteristically powerless and contrite, a far cry from the tough, resolute and absolute ruler of the house I knew him to be, the father whose words were law. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant that the children were in and out of his study looking for rulers and scissors and scraps of paper to draw on. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody resents this inconvenience, and everyone becomes the ruler’s enemy; and these are enemies that can be harmful, since, although conquered, they remain in their own homes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It is tradition for newly made rulers to come and pay tribute to it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Awed by its magnificence, fearful of the supernatural powers controlled by its priesthood, local rulers subordinated themselves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When the new king first surveyed the land that was soon to be his, he must have felt resentment to be ruler of such a place. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “My esteemed guest might do well to stop calling our ruler ‘the Evil One’ before we reach him.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She stood in front of the room, using a ruler for a baton, striking each syllable so hard it was as if she were making up for the times she had nothing to strike. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I rush over to my backpack and take out the thin metal ruler we use in geometry. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Territorial empires are tightly controlled but costly to maintain; hegemonic empires are inexpensive to maintain, because the original local rulers incur the costs of administration, but the loose tie between master and vassal encourages rebellion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The rulers of such a state are absolute, as the Pharaohs or the Caesars could not be. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Werfel explained, “He is under the protection of our beloved ruler, Ghohg. He is an official guest of the state.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The teachers were more formal than those we knew in Stamps, and although they didn’t whip their students with switches, they gave them licks in the palms of their hands with rulers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, were he to become ruler of this land, I doubt I could help them all. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He held out his little ruler from school. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If the government fell, what would the new rulers do about the camps? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the top and inside were a book, a box of crayons, a yellow ruler, a thick pencil, a pair of scissors. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They hit you if you wash your hair on certain days, or tap somebody with a ruler, or step over a brother whether it’s during your menses or not. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pulled out the protractor, ruler, and compass. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Each can feel itself the natural rulers of all Earth, and each has a history of humiliation by the North, for which it can be human enough to wish a senseless revenge. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve been promoted,” Percy said before Harry could even ask, and from his tone, he might have been announcing his election as supreme ruler of the universe. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The parting in his hair was a white line straight down the middle of the scalp, so straight it could only have been made with a ruler. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z His first name, Suresh, means that he’s a ruler of all the gods, the protector, another name for Lord Vishnu. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mark Antony could expect these kings to be loyal to him as the presiding ruler. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The city rulers encouraged and rewarded the workforce during construction and maintenance of the mound by staging celebratory roasts of fish and achira root right on the worksite. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Thomas used the side of a stray slab of wood as a makeshift ruler, keeping his lines straight. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They kicked the students, called them names, slapped them in the face, dragged them by the ears, whipped them, and struck their hands with wooden sticks and rulers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I use a wooden ruler to smooth out the creases. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I am the conqueror of this continent, and soon to be ruler of all Erilea. You will not question me.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley stalks the aisles, whacking their knuckles with a ruler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Among the strongest evidence for the last view are the nearly three hundred carved stone slabs at Monte Alban that depict slain, mutilated enemies: the rulers, Marcus believes, of communities conquered by Monte Alban. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And yet even then something might be done, if only the common people would arise and put down rulers that oppress them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Such is the story of the last ruler who tried to visit our mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They satisfied their consciences with the thought that Hrothgar was now so strong a ruler that no one would dare to attack him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z When his worship spread to a town where there was already a divine ruler the two were slowly fused into one. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mountain villagers, as if being punished for the ruler's humiliation, were forced to work on it—many dying in the harsh cold. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The new rulers of Mutal had aggressively thrown their weight around and by Sky Witness’s time controlled as much as eight thousand square miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He got a ruler and measured the particles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I had a ruler maybe —” “No ruler.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That Ptolemy’s legitimacy as ruler stemmed from Alexander’s, and the great man was a student of Aristotle, was yet another significant factor. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It’s an expense, but maybe they think the price of appearing to be benevolent rulers instead of tyrants has a cost benefit—it’s cheaper than bullets and burying bodies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Once again, our ruler doesn’t fit both lines exactly. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Hula hoops, stuffed animals, ruler of the world—high school sounded a lot more fun than the fourth grade. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As a result, each new ruler had to build his own palace and acquire the riches necessary to maintain it till the end of time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he let go of the ruler and made notes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “And you want her to be ruler of the world?” somebody asked. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Every day after that they managed to meet in the scrub oaks across the road and talk about when he would be a big ruler of things with her reaping the benefits. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z If the stain were shaped like a circle, or like a square or a triangle, it would be easy to figure out; just take a ruler and measure its radius or its height and base. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Of course they would exalt the priests and rulers who promised to maintain this miracle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then you would get hit with a stick or ruler—on either your palms or your butt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “His students loved him. And not only because he wouldn’t beat them with rulers, like other teachers did. They respected him, you see, because he respected them. He was marvelous.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “The Ewe people finally found a means to escape from the wicked ruler,” Komla recounted. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Minos, the powerful ruler of Crete, had lost his only son, Androgeus, while the young man was visiting the Athenian King. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most Maya rulers, Chak Tok Ich’aak spent a lot of his time luxuriating in his court while dwarf servants attended to his whims and musicians played conch shells and wooden trumpets in the background. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One Muslim ruler filled a feast table with seven large palaces made of sugar; another displayed an entire tree made of sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z No one should wonder if, in speaking of principalities that are completely new as to their ruler and form of government, I cite the greatest examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z He held her eyes for a long few seconds and then said softly, “I know you won’t be a weak ruler. Because you won’t be a ruler at all. Return to the castle.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z We learn to draw the Union Jack, using a ruler and memorizing the various crosses, for St. George of England, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. David of Wales. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A king of gods required golden tokens, surely, as all rulers did. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The first step, again, is to create a common yardstick, perhaps a tiny ruler half an inch long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There was an architect’s drafting table with a bunch of rulers and protractors, and some 3-D models of buildings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The assets of Egypt were still too valuable and could turn any ruler into a rival. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z On this occasion the king released political prisoners, remitted taxes, endowed temples, forgave rebels, increased military preparedness and, in short, did all the things that modern rulers do when they wish to stay in office. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This fact alone would make the nation choose Aeneas’ side in the war, so intense was the hatred felt for their former ruler. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Washkar further solidified his credentials as ruler by marrying his sister. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Learning about photosynthesis, we kept one tray in the dark and one in the light, and measured them every day with metric rulers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The history of Egypt is divided into dynasties of rulers, in accordance with ancient Egyptian practice, beginning with the First Dynasty shortly after 3000 B.C. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Despite your visions of a perfect world under an empire, your rulers and politicians are quick to destroy each other. So are assassins, I suppose.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Let’s divide the line into even smaller segments, using, say, a ruler one-sixth of an inch long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Finally one of their sons, the future ruler of heaven and earth, whose name in Greek is Zeus and in Latin Jupiter, rebelled against him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Kennel smacked his ruler down on my tablet. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This ruler began his trip after the start of the winter, a winter that came early and harshly with winds that whipped and screamed at the mountain peak. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I also know that the British aren’t going to be the rulers anymore and I guess we don’t like British people telling us what to do. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They are supposed to climb to the top of the mountain to meet with the Mountain Spirit, to gain his wisdom and approval, and, by doing so, to prove they are the fated ruler. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The ruler of heaven himself has sent me to you,” he said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Our piano teacher, Miss Brown, looked like a thin, dry stick, but she could swing her ruler with plenty of juice when she thought no one was looking. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “No ruler can make a people good,” Selmy had told her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Even the rulers of Terabithia come into it only at times of greatest sorrow or of greatest joy. We must strive to keep it sacred. It would not do to disturb the Spirits.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Muslim rulers took Alexander’s old lands in Afghanistan and then, from there, swept through to conquer northern India. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The ruler of Hades drew near to listen with his queen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Charm Bracelets: they were the rulers of my new school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These rulers had two major concerns: first, that a foreigner might enter Italy with his armies; second, that no one of them should seize more territory. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z They were all grateful that tradition called for the ruler to mount the cliff alone, for the mountain can only use its powers for one person at a time. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z For a decade he and his Greek soldiers have been battling their way across the known world, defeating even the mighty Persians, rulers of Asia. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In her mind, a teacher’s still the person that raps you on the knuckles with a ruler, or across the backside with a paddle. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Hellenistic rulers, it is said, trivialized Greek civic life by reducing it to pompous pageantry and contests over who could best flatter the king. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But once beaten and broken in battle so that he cannot regroup his troops, there is nothing else to be feared than the ruler’s family. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “The women are like the rulers,” Kelsey said on a drive with her father during a weekend soccer tournament in Columbus, Georgia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The true Age of Sugar had begun—and it was doing more to reshape the world than any ruler, empire, or war had ever done. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “You are under arrest for intent to overthrow the government of this mission, murder the council members, and make yourself ruler.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He did not mention the incident at all, but asked me if I could bring him the following things: some pencils, plain white paper, a ruler, a protractor, and a drawing compass. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Whipping out the packet he selected a nut and popped it straight into the open beak of the astonished ruler. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was the ruler of the sea, Zeus’s brother and second only to him in eminence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for him, he lived at the same time that a previously little-known group, the Inka, acquired a new ruler, Pachakuti. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You know better than that,” she said, tapping a ruler across my knuckles. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanton held firm and pointed out that “the power to choose rulers and make laws, was the right by which all others could be secured.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The magnificence of her presence left no doubts about her power or her strength as Egypt’s ruler. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Once she hit a boy with a ruler because he laughed when she dropped a map. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But history strongly suggests that the ultimate goal for the church and the European rulers was about more than winning souls to Christianity. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z If de la O spoke Spanish in class, he’d be sent to the principal, who’d humiliate him and smack his hand with a ruler. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When a teacher tries to make him behave by smacking him with a large ruler, Enrique grabs the end of the ruler and refuses to let go, making the teacher cry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Like all too many dictators, Cahokia’s rulers focused on maintaining their hold over the people, paying little attention to external reality. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Carol tells me that her piano teacher hits her fingers with a ruler if she gets a note wrong, and that her mother spanks her with the back of a hairbrush or else a slipper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The plan seems bound to founder in the last resource, when you consider flint everybody has gone away to France, and that I am the ruler of the Modern. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z North Vietnam’s ruler, Ho Chi Minh, was waging war to unite the country under one government—his. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If you don’t think four inches is a lot, go get a ruler and measure your own forehead. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Despite this apparent evidence of their power, Cahokia's rulers were setting themselves up for future trouble. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They wanted to begin, but the Parson wasn’t there, so a messenger was sent to the ruler in a tree where he sat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This central part of the city was reserved, archaeologists believe, for clerics and rulers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The next day, they came back with a plumb line and a ruler to measure every distance between every component. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Measures with his eyes and an old school ruler from our toolbox. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z This belief causes them to take up arms against their ruler, but they fool themselves in this, since they then see through experience that matters have become worse. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The first thing one does to evaluate a ruler’s prudence is to look at the men he has around him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Its rulers are not held together by blood ties but by adherence to a common doctrine. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This occurred to many in Greece, in the cities of Ionia and the Hellespont, where Darius set up rulers in order to hold these cities for his own security and glory. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z "She is the ruler of them all," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z All rulers of all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers, but they could not afford to encourage any illusion that tended to impair military efficiency. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All my life, I grew up thinking of the High King and Prince Dain as our unquestioned rulers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Prince Faisal, the absolute ruler of Arabia, had made me a guest of the State. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what ruler we choose, our measurement never seems to come out right. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Not all the changes of the past decades had yet altered the fact that the North was the economic ruler of the planet. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They don’t spank us or rap us on the knuckles with rulers or wash our mouths out with soap, all of that stuff you read about in old-fashioned books. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The 34th segment is a wee bit too short; the half-inch ruler juts out a little beyond the corner of the square. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Frank brought out a folding ruler that he had slipped into his pocket a few minutes before, and measured the cuffs of the visitor’s pants. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Lamar got a leather case containing a steel protractor, a ruler, and a compass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z For all their energy, Cahokia’s rulers made a terrible mistake: they did not attempt to fix the problem directly. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s measure,” said Reynie, fetching the ruler from the pencil woman’s desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She made the Carthaginians treat him as if he too were their ruler. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It took me 30 hours, 50 sheets of paper, 2 yards of ribbon for the binding, a pack of 12 markers, 100 stickers, and 1 ruler. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But Papa yanked my ear in the car and said I did not have the spirit of discernment: the bishop was a man of God; the Igwe was merely a traditional ruler. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Kennel showed up with his ruler. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He could chop wood and measure things with a ruler. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For after the ruler had returned from the mountain, all finally saw the madness in him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Poseidon and Hera and a few other gods .. . they, like, trapped Zeus and wouldn’t let him out until he promised to be a better ruler, right?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was only a few feet tall, maybe coming up to my chin, but its arms sprawled out straight as a ruler in all directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her eyes lighted on my mouth and when we sat down, she pointed her ruler at me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And as supreme ruler of the household, Dad has elected Garrett and me to take care of the toilets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Cities differ from villages in their monumental public works, palaces of rulers, accumulation of capital from tribute or taxes, and concentration of people other than food producers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I can think of no other reason that honored and honorable Prince Dain, soon to be the ruler of Faerie, would ask for me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z From a private citizen, this man became the ruler of Syracuse. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, he drew another X. "That's his current location. Get me a ruler." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z To be sure, the Ptolemies did commission massive new temples in the ancient style, largely to help the Macedonian rulers ingratiate themselves with their native subjects. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z With snow came the kites, once the rulers of Kabul’s winter skies, now timid trespassers in territory claimed by streaking rockets and fighter jets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At that stage, I did not witness nor even suspect the violent tribal rivalries that would subsequently be promoted by the white rulers of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Territorial empires directly occupy territories with their armies, throw out the old rulers, and annex the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Dunwoody showed us how to find the golden mean using proportions and a ruler, but none of us really got it, not even Clive Pike. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “A ruler? You’re going to set my leg with a little ruler? Have you all gone mad?” screeched the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I put down the pencil and ruler and followed him without a word. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z This knowledge was heavy on the hearts of all the dwellers in Asgard, but it weighed heaviest on their chief and ruler, Odin. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if you live, Sierra Santiago, ruler of the shadowshapers, what you have done here tonight will not be forgotten. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t trust any of the others,” he said, holding up a thick ruler he wanted to use. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The regent said when Sabata was older, he would entrust the future king to Reverend Harris, who would train him as both a Christian and a traditional ruler. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In my room I collect markers, pencils, my ruler, paints, and brushes, until Kristi arrives. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the Mexica, a council of clan elders chose the overall ruler. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Four years at the Royal Academy for this. Out with your pencils. Out with your rulers.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He had blond hair and blue eyes like his little brother, and his features were so regular, they looked like they had been laid out with a ruler. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The new ruler of the gods owed Prometheus much for helping him conquer the other Titans, but he forgot his debt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A wise ruler, therefore, cannot and should not keep his word when such an observance would be to his disadvantage, and when the reasons that caused him to make a promise are removed. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z As far as a compass and ruler could tell him, both sets of base pairs neatly fitted into the backbone configuration. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Malcolm turned to his homework, constructing figures with his ruler and compasses, a task he normally enjoyed, but he couldn’t focus on it at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “And to accept the Elf King as your ruler and master?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She had taken a ruler to make three columns and wrote our names at the top of each. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I managed to speak with one of the rulers of Faerie without making a fool of myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Luce watched as the various segments, like those of a collapsible ruler, unfolded themselves, and I attained my full height, an inch taller than he was himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead, as a descendant of the Ixhiba house, I was groomed, like my father before me, to counsel the rulers of the tribe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My beautiful, sweet brother who shooed bugs out of the house instead of stepping on them, who gave his little ruler to splint a crotchety old man’s leg. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Inside the desk there were lots of pencils, a ruler, and several yellow pads of paper. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias knew he was facing death with the insane ruler in one of his lunatic rages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z However, there was one obstacle—King Herod, the ruler of Judea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The object itself no longer survives; we last hear of it in 1494, when it is listed among the effects of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the Medici ruler of Florence, on his death. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You do have eyes in the back of your heart. Come on over here, and I’ll show you how your father uses parallel rulers.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking the helm of the city in 620 a.d., he was as determined to reestablish his city’s former glory as Kaan’s rulers were to prevent it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, he said, the basis of the rulers’ power was the collective economic and spiritual good. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then I took a ruler and made a straight line down the left-hand side of each page. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Tribute is payment of some kind that a ruler demands of peoples who have been conquered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Then there would be an election to see which stuffed animal would be elected ruler of the world. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Like lots of ancient rulers, the kings of India had more than one wife. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The English had stopped the slave trade, but the rulers of a sugar colony were not yet ready to listen to slaves demanding to be treated as full human beings. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Seeing no ruler, she grabbed the technician's notebook. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The story, set in Rome in 509 B.C., tells of the occupying Etruscan prince Tarquinius, a tyrannical and licentious ruler, who is leading Rome in its war against the Greeks. Review: In Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia,’ a Savage Act With Resonance Today 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z She attributed the mess to one Medici in particular, Alessandro Medici, a ruler of Florence, whose assassinated corpse had apparently been buried in the tomb without being properly eviscerated. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Regardless of the sweep of responses, it is important to note that what the Public did — adapting a historical play to comment on a contemporary ruler — is nothing new. For Shakespeare, the Trump-stabbing “Caesar” would be business as usual 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The result was a standoff between the compass and the ruler: the curvy woman with her rounded silhouette and the loose, mannish shape. Special Report: Fashion: Chanel: The Art of the Dark 2011-07-06T14:29:17Z Present day rulers in the Gulf follow in that line. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z On Friday, in a statement clearly directed at Berlusconi, the Vatican demanded "a more robust morality and sense of legality" from Italy's rulers. Silvio Berlusconi defended by Italian porn star 2011-01-22T23:43:03Z "How does a ruler stamp his authority on the very minds of his subjects?" he pondered. A History of the World in 100 Objects 2010-05-18T05:45:00Z In this vision, the true anarchists are Britain's rulers, who delight in fear and disorder. Anarchy in Peterloo: Shelley's poem unmasked 2013-07-08T17:28:22Z It was associated with warriors and rulers, and thought to represent their spirits in their descent into the underworld. Exclusive: Aztec war sacrifices found in Mexico may point to... 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z At a time when the Safavid rulers, descended from a Turkmen clan from Eastern Anatolia, spoke Turki among themselves, the Ottoman sultans took pride in mastering Persian to perfection and speaking it at court. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z You can use a ruler, or even a wallpaper smoother, to make sure your creases are beautiful. Carson Kressley shares 3 gift-wrapping hacks anyone can master 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z They tend to be witty, gifted instructors, rapping readers’ knuckles with rulers so attractive the knuckles hardly mind. In Love With Language, but Not Necessarily With Each Other 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The painter flings his mockery in the face of Eskandar, the world ruler, and by implication at all rulers, often hailed by panegyrists as “The Second Alexander.” Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z A teenager must protect the world from being invaded by the evil ruler of a fantastical realm. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Is it a genuine portrait of an aging ruler? Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z But the local news media cannot officially quote the country’s ruler without written permission. 5 Books to Read About Qatar Before the World Cup 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z As the teacher reached for a wooden ruler and prepared to paddle her, Lottie Lou grabbed the ruler from the teacher’s hand and broke it in half. Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z In fact, at this point in the story the women are the strongest rulers left standing. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z When Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, the very year that Spain’s rulers destroyed Iberia’s last Muslim kingdom, he assured his royal patrons that his voyages were merely continuations of their anti-Islamic crusade. When the Ottoman Empire Threatened Europe — and the World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Christopher Dickey, called this portrait of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler, which was a 2021 PEN America finalist, “detailed and disturbing.” New in Paperback: ‘Why We Swim’ and ‘The End of October’ 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z At the same time we do not see ourselves as “fighters” against a political system, its ideology or its rulers. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Gidon Kremer on Freedom and Human Rights in Russia 2013-08-20T16:00:52Z The early rulers of Muscovy — the medieval state that would become Russia — looked to Europe for models for their court culture soon after they began consolidating power in the 15th century. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, the broader message of this table-setting episode is how much Jon Snow truly doesn’t know about the people who named him as ruler. "Game of Thrones" recap: It's a reunion! The dying can start any day now 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z After pausing briefly to admire a spotlighted statue of Hatshepsut, the 18th-dynasty female ruler of Egypt, she resumed complaining about the gallery, whose height she deemed too lofty for the work on display. Camille Paglia Scowls at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-27T22:19:53Z Using a long ruler as a guide, I cut perfect rectangles, then pressed straight lines of dots with a fork. These Poached Eggs Aren’t Picture-Perfect. That’s What Makes Them Beautiful. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z A zigzag of slender passageways brought me to Dar Essid, a mansion that once belonged to the local Ottoman rulers of Tunisia. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z The specter of Jacobinism — of the guillotine and the mobs at the Bastille — haunts Britain’s rulers, from the prince regent to the owners of Manchester’s factories. ‘Peterloo’ Review: Political Violence of the Past Mirrors the Present 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Lambkin drew lines along a ruler and traced circles around coins; he sliced across his paper with an X-Acto knife, making a sound much louder than the pencil. Music Review: Keith Rowe With Graham Lambkin and Michael Pisaro at Temp 2013-01-17T21:33:05Z It was probably commissioned by the Muslim emperor Shah Jahan as a gift to a friend, the Hindu ruler Rana Jagat Singh, who worshipped the goddess. Art Review: The Met?s New Islamic Galleries - Review 2011-10-27T23:27:21Z The word itself refers to a kind of structure; “archive” derives from the ancient Greek arkheion, “house of the ruler.” ‘In the Dream House’ Recounts an Abusive Relationship Using Dozens of Genres 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z But Los Angeles, a mestizo city and land of the faux historic, requires a ruler. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Every kingdom needs rulers, and Fox execs knew that they’d need heavyweights to lead Empire to victory. 'Empire': Inside Fox's Ambitious, Groundbreaking Musical Soap 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Moreover, in addition to being nominal heads of Christendom and patriarchs of greedy and acquisitive families, Renaissance popes were also the rulers of a substantial territorial state in central Italy. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Putin's opponents dismissed that as a public relations stunt and accused the government of burnishing Stalin's image by sponsoring textbooks painting the murderous ruler in a largely positive light. Putin: Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago essential 2010-10-26T16:37:00Z No one was rapping her wrist with a ruler anymore. Remarkable Records of Joni Mitchell’s Changes 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Necklaces worthy of Theodora, who started as a courtesan and ended as a regal ruler with her husband Justinian I, were worked in delicate filigree encompassing the double “C’s” of Chanel. Rocks of Ages: Blings of the Past 2010-12-13T14:00:00Z MGM clearly aspires to seeing with the ruler; it might need some form and limit first. Dance Review: Watch It Tonight, Consider It Tomorrow 2011-04-21T21:45:17Z Although in theory dedicated to trading by sea, the company gradually acquired vast areas of territory in Asia and found itself the ruler of a sixth of humanity. Special Report: Asian Art: How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z I can’t see the point of giving measurements here since you are hardly going to get your ruler out to check, are you? The 20 best Nigella Lawson recipes: part 4 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z By the late 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom rulers were depicted with faces that show signs of aging, care and unrest. Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It’s their world that’s on show here, whether in the grand public displays of the Pergamene rulers or in quieter, more domestic objets d’art. A Show About the Hellenistic One Per Cent 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z A chieftain called Rurik became the ruler of the new kingdom. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z Creon, ruler of Thebes, forbids the burial of Antigone's traitorous brother: Antigone resists him and dies, as does Creon's son. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Ragtime; Antigone – review 2012-06-02T23:05:48Z Similarly, the 12th-century Palatine Chapel in Sicily was painted and gilded in the imperial style of the Fatimids, the rulers of Egypt between the 10th and 12th centuries. Arts, culture are missing in the teaching of Islam 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Catherine was never the ruler of France, but she was intimately acquainted with politics at the highest level. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z And if Mary is deified as a pious martyr, there's empathy for Elizabeth, sharply isolated and under pressures that male rulers would be spared. At ACT, a tale of 2 queens, 1 throne 2011-09-16T19:59:04Z “We are an institution that contains a history of portraits, from the Bronze Age to the present, of kings and queens, popes and rulers, but also everyday people,” he said. The popular Obama portraits are going on a tour to museums across the country 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z They are being led to their new owner, a powerful ruler who is expected to remember the donor kindly. The Getty's 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang': How ancient desert outpost became remarkable global crossroads 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr Mubarak was merely the latest Egyptian ruler to claim the mantle of national patriarch. Reading Piketty on the Nile 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Centuries ago, Lords of the Isles, island rulers during the Middle Ages, retreated to this property overlooking masses of rock rising from the sea, which Barnard likened to “weird monsters of the deep.” The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z This is where Edward II, the first English ruler to receive the title of Prince of Wales, was born. Review: The Mystery of the British Landscape Master 2010-06-04T14:00:00Z Disciples kept a portion; local rulers around Kushinagara took a share. Art Review | 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art': On the Road With Seekers at the Asia Society 2010-03-18T23:04:00Z Similar practices went into the ghettos that the Christian rulers of Venice and other Europeans cities established for Jews. Can cities desegregate? 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z Even though most of the historic rulers of Iran were not of Iranian stock, but of Turkic parentage, all sought models in the Shah-Nameh. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z In his mid-60's, my father unfolded a United States road atlas, laid a ruler across it, and drew a straight line from Cape Flattery, Washington to Key West, Florida. My father loved epic solo road trips. But for his final journey, we all came along 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z The absolute preference in the fictional kingdom Westeros for a male ruler is expressed in the series' opening scene. HBO’s "House of the Dragon" was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z There’s a wooden ruler too, angled like a clock hand against a semicircular area of paint. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z If Game of Thrones is a test of varying spins on what is a “good” ruler, this is what you get with Stannis: a promise of a fortified Wall, and an innocent girl burned alive. Pain Threshold: Game of Thrones, Hannibal and the “Not for Me” Moment 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, the canon was reconstructed and underwent updatings under the Ming and Qing rulers. A Dazzling Look at the World of Taoism 2010-04-09T11:55:00Z The plot focuses on the tussle between the hedonistic cult of Dionysus and the abstemious ruler King Pentheus, who goes undercover in drag to spy on the debauched proceedings taking place in his kingdom. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, Led by Christoph von Dohnanyi 2012-03-23T22:47:08Z “More Hillary Clinton emails surface — and show how anti-gay Sharia law ruler shunned by celebrities treated Bill ‘like part of his family,’ ” it reported last week. The most glowing stories about Trump run in tabloid media. Why the romance? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z "A coin image was a statement of power intended to prove you were the rightful ruler, which meant you wanted to look like a Ptolemy," he points out. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z It was once a Byzantine cathedral, built on the site of a Roman temple, and was converted to a mosque by a Muslim ruler during the Christian Crusades. Syria's lost heritage stands out in Aleppo's broken minarets 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z In the 18th century, wine from Tokaj was delivered to kings and rulers throughout Europe, and it was enjoyed by Beethoven, Schubert, Voltaire and Goethe. In Slovakia, a Wine Region Waiting for the Spotlight 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The Qin ruler, born Ying Zheng, decided that the most effective means of control was to promote team spirit: Get everyone on the same civic page, and keep them there. ‘Age of Empires’: How 2 Dynasties of Art Forged China’s Identity 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In return, the rulers need help with an investigation into what appears to be a “coordinated malfunction” among the planet’s droids. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Nuts and Revolts 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The new rulers create roads and better sanitation, but their strong-fisted policies erode the country’s economy and punish the people cruelly if they don’t adhere to a rigid code of sexual conduct. Best science fiction and fantasy for September 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Giving the silver-tongued pair their own road movie is a treat, and it returns to one of the series’ longtime themes: what makes a good ruler? Review: Game of Thrones Explores Uncharted Territory in Season 5 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Except that these darkrooms are also human dens, full of the clutter of human endeavour – Post-it notes, piles of prints, boxes of paper, toys, rulers, marker pens and batches of photographs pinned to boards. Analog ? review 2010-12-26T00:05:14Z Tovey introduced the symphony by recounting the famous story of Beethoven furiously scratching out the dedication to Napoleon, the democratic composer angered over the French ruler declaring himself emperor. Beethoven speaks, boldly, with help from a French pianist in his Hollywood Bowl debut 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The second and more widely known of Shakespeare’s two history tetralogies, the cycle charts the tumult that roils the British kingdom under three successive rulers. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The idea that art memorializes — artists, schools and worlds — obviously changes when that art is destroyed by its creator, a patron, a vandal, a censor or a ruler. ‘Fifi Howls From Happiness,’ From Mitra Farahani 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Joseph and Mary were headed to Bethlehem because the Roman rulers of the region obliged all residents to participate in a census. Dreaming of a dark Christmas: Decoding the seasonal iconography we take for granted 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z He also told Orwell that his choice of pigs as rulers was an unfortunate one, and that readers might draw the conclusion that what was needed was "more public-spirited pigs". Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z And so was born “Glory,” her second novel, which centers on the rapid fall of a longtime ruler, and will be published on Tuesday by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House. NoViolet Bulawayo Believes Freedom Begins With Imagination 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z In their tests, the researchers have cloaked a hand, a face, and a ruler – making each object appear "invisible" while the image behind the hidden object remains in view. New York scientists unveil 'invisibility cloak' to rival Harry Potter's 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Famously a "once proud race," the first rulers of our solar system, they were left in frozen slumber before awoken in our future during 1976 story The Ice Warriors. Doctor Who: Cold War – series 33, episode 8 2013-04-13T17:45:01Z What does antebellum plantation life have to do with North Korea, where three generations of rulers — grandfather, father and now the young son, Kim Jong Un — have been worshipped as omniscient? Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z Their patron and ally is Princess Bubblegum of the Candy Kingdom, a beneficent ruler with a mad-scientist streak, whose deliciously polymorphous subjects include gumdrops, banana guards and a cinnamon bun. ‘Adventure Time,’ TV’s Surreal Masterpiece, Comes to an End 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The ruler responds to his suit by reciting a riddle. On many area stages, tattoos are all the rage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The film shot in Rome under its Hollywood-friendly ruler, Benito Mussolini. Don't judge Ben-Hur by the 2016 version 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z His tools are a cluster of pencils of different weights and textures, a ruler, a lumpy gray eraser and a sketchpad. Computers no threat to Dallas police sketch artist 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z That sets off a deadly rivalry between the monarchs, which is heightened by dubious men who manipulate their rulers only to inch closer to royalty. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ and ‘WOW’ 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z It appears she’s a friend of a friend of Bebe Doc, presumably Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as Baby Doc, the tyrannical ruler of Haiti at the time. Review: ‘Cherchez La Femme’ Struggles to Find Its Groove 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z When he’s shunted to the side, the play seems like a country without a ruler. Charles is king, Harry's in trouble and Kate's taking charge in Pasadena Playhouse's royal winner 'King Charles III' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z McAvoy has been for his role as the doomed, homicidal ruler in the play, set in a dystopian Scotland around fifty years into the future. McAvoy shares Olivier award doubts 2013-04-22T10:41:11Z It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z With wealth pouring in from the American colonies from the 16th century onward, Spain’s rulers had deep pockets for buying art. A 7-Hour, 6-Mile, Round-the-Museum Tour of the Prado 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The Fourth, a clear placeholder and time-saver of a ruler, was at least half dead, both metaphorically and literally, even at the moment of his nominal elevation to the pinnacle of power. Five Rulers and One Presidential Press Conference 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The dictator’s military green uniform is unmistakable, but before you read too much into it, the story’s protagonist challenges the dictator and wins, only to become another militant ruler. Improvisation Is the Heart of Cuban Animation 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s a new line of comics by other writers and artists that draws on and broadens Mr. Gaiman’s characters and concepts, such as the Dream King’s realm and Lucifer, the former ruler of Hell. Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ Gets Another Life 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Around them, the Uninvited’s feud escalates, building to a conflict orchestrated by a nefarious merchant ruler named Billy Kingery, who holds a vicious vendetta against the protagonist. A Dystopian America Where a Woman Who Can Read and Write Wields Special Power 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z "We won't allow the Left party to write around history and cleanse the SED rulers of their orders to shoot and to spy." Row over East German crimes erupts 25 years after fall of Wall 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Every polity in the Four Kingdoms generates magic, which wells up from the intentions and labors of its people and invests local rulers with hereditary, semi-sentient spirits called Immanents. From ‘Frankenstein’ to Nora Roberts in 200 Years 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z During that time, 11 rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire, including the great Maria Theresa, were crowned in St. Martin’s Cathedral in Bratislava. Overnighter: In Bratislava, Slovakia, a Chance to Enjoy Local Flavors Without the Crowds ? Overnighter 2012-03-02T23:25:20Z “They were Arabs from Yemen during the first half of the 11th century,” she said of the original settlers and rulers, who arrived at the time of the Moorish occupation of Andalusia, in neighboring Spain. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z The banished ruler, he said, “was the king of my ancestors.” ‘From Waterloo to New Jersey,’ a Glimpse of Joseph Bonaparte’s Life in Exile 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z It tells the story of a Beowulf, the future-king who is called on by a neighboring ruler for help when a monster terrorizes his domain. An Appreciation of Seamus Heaney’s Translation of Beowulf 2013-08-30T23:09:24Z The vessel took its name from the capital of the then ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan. Special Report: Asian Art: How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z After Bran, “rulers will be chosen on this spot, by the lords and ladies of Westeros,” he says, inventing the electoral college. “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Finale Recap: The Iron Throne 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z I had aged out of the grade where rulers were put on the school supplies list, and any ones that were left over had been lost or broken. Measure of my manhood 2012-12-29T00:30:00Z Armida arrives with a concocted story that she is the legitimate ruler of Damascus who has been deposed by a usurper, Idraote. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z British colonial rulers who had long refused to discuss full independence, suddenly made for the exit with unseemly haste. A searing split 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A ruler, an instrument of the measured life, had become an accessory to rebellion. Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Weaving is also known to genre fans as elf ruler Elrond of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. "Matrix" bad guy eyes "Captain America" villain 2010-03-12T05:07:00Z It deals with the absorption of a kingdom into an empire, depicted as a game of erotic manipulation on the part of their respective rulers. Julius Caesar – review 2012-10-02T12:38:45Z Add to all this the purpose of the cycle’s making — for the delectation of a world-conquering ruler who spoke of himself in Olympian terms — and you have art with a fair share of unbeautiful features. Can We Ever Look at Titian’s Paintings the Same Way Again? 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Despite mounting evidence, Trump has disputed that Khashoggi was killed on the orders of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over intimate photos 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z And as in real life, the most dangerous enemies to any ruler come not from abroad but from his own household. Video Game Review: Crusader Kings II by Paradox Interactive 2012-03-30T22:47:44Z After years of interpersonal squabbling, the rulers of Westeros must finally face the full force of the Night King and his White Walkers, and by all accounts it will be spectacular. Partridge, politics and period pomp: the must-see TV shows of 2019 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The conclusion was William Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast,” amiably bombastic, with the baritone Igor Vieira holding his own, though slightly anticlimactic in the big vocal and instrumental swirlings surrounding the story of a blasphemous biblical ruler. Review | Christopher Bell strikes soundly in his first D.C. outing 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Now, 60 years old and alone in Alexandria, Stothard renews his attempt to make sense of the city's most famous ruler – and in a manner of speaking, he succeeds. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z Like their Nazi precursors, the Communist rulers of East Germany scorn the subjectivism and decadence of modernist art. ‘Never Look Away’ Review: A Lush Adventure in Sex, Politics and Painting 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Archaeologists told reporters the findings were important because one of the tombs - dating to between 650 and 700 AD - could be that of a ruler. Archaeologists discover pre-Columbian tombs in Guatemala 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z "Maybe if you use a classical ruler, it may not be great in the same sense that Beethoven's music is great," he said. Herbie Hancock will 'swing' Gershwin with SSO 2011-11-18T00:44:04Z Inside lay the remains of the greatest ruler of one of the greatest cities of one of the ancient world’s greatest civilizations. Mexico’s mysterious Mayan ruins at Palenque, now accessible from the air Alexander Etkind, an émigré historian, has argued that the root of Russia’s misfortunes is its natural wealth, which encourages its rulers to plunder the country, like colonial masters, rather than develop it. Long they ruled 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, for examples, owned two copies of the Cyropaedia, the Greek author Xenophon's text on the ideal education of a ruler. Babylonian relic to visit US with historic message of tolerance 2012-11-27T19:03:48Z It is our glorious destiny, as rulers, for the people to be controlled by our government. Style Invitational: Mess with our (or anyone else’s) heads 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z It helped create the modern bureaucracy, and it made rulers more democratic because they needed healthy, educated people to fight. A Historian Explains What Civilization Owes to War 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z There were lives of poets, lives of philosophers; there were rollicking lives of depraved rulers of the Roman Empire. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The book serves, too, as a primer in medieval history, and the political and martial achievements of this country's rulers from William to Henry VII. For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England, 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul – review 2012-06-26T10:45:01Z A scene in latter-day Cairo involves a plot to restore to power the legendary Egyptian ruler of primordial times. The Empty Astonishments of “X-Men: Apocalypse” 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z I don’t think one person will end up as the single ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. 'Bow down to King Tyrion': your Game of Thrones ending predictions 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile UAE newspapers show depictions of Qatar’s peninsular outline wearing the black turban of Iran’s theocratic rulers, or shaped like a squid with tentacles smothering the whole Arabian Peninsula. Friends become foes as Gulf rift bursts into pop culture 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Whether that price outweighs the benefits of rulers having to act responsibly, because the people are watching them, is the central issue here. Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain by Christopher Moran – review 2013-01-10T08:00:01Z They are discovering everything from coins and everyday objects to colossal granite statues of Egypt's rulers and sunken temples dedicated to their gods. Divers explore sunken ruins of Cleopatra's palace 2010-05-25T21:56:00Z "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." The parasites inside my mother were both real and spiritual 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Clarence Smith’s Claudius, Hamlet’s murderous uncle, wears a Western-style military uniform with a sharp crease in the trousers, and Smith acts the part with the cool assurance of an unassailable ruler. Review | Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Hamlet’ doesn’t sizzle, but its star does 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Nothing is allowed to puncture the dictatorship’s airtight narrative of a loving ruler and an evil West. The Age of Monologues 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z McCoy may rely on a ruler these days, but he still trusts his intuition. In the galleries: Artwork that’s designed to fail 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z During more than three decades at ABC, and before that at NBC, her exclusive interviews with rulers, royalty and entertainers have brought her celebrity status. ABC News' Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall 2013-01-21T02:16:06Z While excavating history it’s important to look not just at the kings and rulers, but also the common people. The history of humanity told by topless men: Mr Darcy's wet shirt started it all 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Perhaps more meaningful: A woman who began this story as a matrimonial offering to a barbarian ruler is now using a political marriage to her own advantage. On 'Game of Thrones,' an Awkward Dinner and a Stony Encounter 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z At the heart of it all is Considine, who stars as King Viserys, the ruler whose decisions and frailties set into motion much of the conflict and carnage to come. In ‘House of the Dragon,’ Paddy Considine Claims the Crown 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z With assistance from granddaughter Marriam Mahlangu, 34, she painted without sketches or rulers, or even a preset vision of what the painting will be. Ndebele artist Mahlangu uses bold colors, striking graphics to honor African heritage A ruler’s power in a fascist State is prefaced on this routine. The GOP’s gross Adam Sandler primary: Donald Trump, penis jokes and the pathetic state of conservatism 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z They encircle their ruler, but face outward, as if both protecting him and broadcasting confidence in his protective power. Bamigboye, Nigeria’s Tour-de-Force Sculptor, Claims His Fame in the World 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z He organizes a movement of noncooperation against the British rulers, leading to numerous stays in prison. 'Great Soul': Joseph Lelyveld tells Mahatma Gandhi's larger-than-life story 2011-04-06T22:21:04Z Using about 100 objects, this exhibition attempts to answer that question and illustrates how these rulers were depicted, from around 3000 B.C. onward. A Nationwide Guide to Art Exhibitions This Spring 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Heroes Of Ruin When someone places a curse on Ataraxis, the wise ruler of Nexus, it's your job to find a cure. This week's new games 2012-06-22T23:05:00Z "How would you measure them, with a ruler?" the woman asks. House of Holes by Nicholson Baker ? review 2011-08-11T13:30:01Z Depending on the source, she’s an otherworldly temptress or a stunning dynastic ruler. A valentine from "American Gods" goddess of love: Permission to own your power 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z In this staging, the shaken ruler is turned to not just by his band of Christian knights, but also by Jews wearing prayer shawls and Muslims carrying prayer books. Review: A Sublime and Provocative ‘Parsifal’ at Bayreuth 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z I grew up Catholic, and I know what it feels like to get smacked with a steel-edged ruler if you smile at the wrong time, let alone risk the death of others in the community. Is Mask-Slipping the New Manspreading? 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z He talks about Motherland being the rulers of the capital but you are never sure who or what this is. Carnegie medal shortlist: your verdicts 2013-06-20T16:36:36Z For Ms. Ronan, who has been attached to the movie for six years, it’s a chance to show Mary as both a ruler and a woman, “filled with doubts and flaws, strengths and virtues.” A Bloody Rivalry for the Throne, This Time With Margot Robbie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She was ruler of the Massageteans, a confederation of Iranian-speaking nomadic tribes who were related to Scythians and inhabited Central Asia for several centuries. Will life imitate art? Steppe queen movie makes Kazakhs wonder 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In 1808, a French army under Napoleon invaded Spain, deposed its king and put another ruler, Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, in his place. ‘Goya: Order and Disorder’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Griffiths presides over his huge bulk like a kindly ruler quelling a potential revolution: even when flustered he moves with a light-footed grace. The Sunshine Boys; AirHotel; Detroit ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:11Z Over the next 50 years or so, successive Ming rulers, like China’s leaders today, undertook expansion on a grand scale. Mighty Ming 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z There would be echoes of Morgan in popular culture as well, in the sharpening divide between youth and its rulers. Jon Savage celebrates the film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 2011-02-10T21:45:01Z Photograph: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, was one of India's greatest leaders and a huge thorn in the side to the expansionist ambitions of the East India Company. Tipu Sultan papers reveal wealth of spoils after India siege 2012-07-09T15:59:17Z Its membership was limited to 50 kings, princes, archdukes and other rulers. The Sea Hawk battles in vain to disguise its attack on Hitler 2012-06-01T08:50:58Z Then, it was stolen from a defeated ruler or looted from a tomb and traded in Costa Rica, where it was reworked as a pendant. For curators, the quest to build 'Golden Kingdoms' for Getty exhibit leads to stunning surprises 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z The designer’s geometry lesson extended from ruler and square to compass, as skirts swirled with a hula hoop hemline — something that Pierre Cardin linked to the Space Age back in the 1960s. Special Report: Fashion: Trussardi and Emporio Armani Offer Sleek Sportswear 2011-09-25T16:46:45Z I think that she’s definitely on the upwards trajectory of truly learning from the mistakes that she’s made as a ruler. Emilia Clarke on her 'Game of Thrones' Emmy nomination and acting against Drogon 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Using a ruler and a pencil, draw a 9- by 10-inch rectangle on the paper. Recipe: French Chocolate Bark 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z It is a journey into the past, a place where fabric cutters walk the aisles brandishing huge scissors and long wooden rulers. Something for the Kitchen to Remind You of Paris 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Bronzino's Medici portraits express their divine right to be dynastic rulers. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Rome soon followed suit, as the Catholic Church and city rulers there and elsewhere deemed the Jewish faith a consummate threat to Christianity. ‘Ghetto,’ by Mitchell Duneier 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z First of all, I couldn’t find a ruler. Measure of my manhood 2012-12-29T00:30:00Z All this because in his manual on statecraft, Machiavelli urged that a prince move beyond the conventional wisdom that rulers should keep their word, and argued instead that: “Game of Thrones” politics: Secret missions, desperate lies and the dangerous art of the double-cross 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z There is a large belt that represents M’Baku’s status as the ruler, with ropes and a raffia skirt based on the Dogon tribe of Mali, and a leather sheath underneath it. Dressing Wakanda 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z However, politicians and military rulers squandered billions of dollars through the corruption choking the nation's potential. Luxury brands target Nigeria's wealthy elite 2012-03-22T10:37:32Z I can still feel the ruler on my knuckles from my sixth grade teacher, who would say: It’s a noun not a verb! Kyle Pruett on Fatherhood 2012-07-23T11:00:00Z These garments, and all that they signify, have become these characters’ identities—noblewoman, ruler, holy man—and these identities will lead to their downfalls. “Game of Thrones” recap: Explosive season finale sets the great game in motion 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Egypt’s military rulers, influential but operating largely behind-the-scenes, seized control when former president, Hosni Mubarak, became the target of a series of unprecedented street protests last year. New early pregnancy blood tests can accurately tell paternity 2012-06-20T14:03:00Z The rest of the exhibits are largely new, including an interactive game that allows a user to simulate making Spam, and a Spam ruler. Pig out: Spam Museum has new home in Minnesota 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In the same session on Friday, Trump also yukked it up with perhaps his favorite authoritarian ruler on the topic of Russian interference in our elections. Perspective | Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Later rulers would try to ban hangul, because they thought the language made it too easy to share information. Can a Big Government Push Bring the Nobel Prize in Literature to South Korea? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But even when war didn’t cause regime breakdown, it often generated deep societal divisions and intense debates about the political future, leading rulers to turn to constitutions as ways to re-establish unity and legitimacy. Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z But in terms of making the party seem semi-palatable to the general public, and not so much like the rulers of Earth in a super-scary alternate dimension, he serves an important purpose. Jeb must slay Trump and devour his soul: The mind-bending Koch master plan behind the GOP clown show 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Early, he’s challenged as to whether he wants to be a Mongol or Chinese ruler. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Political cartoons in Doha depict Gulf Arab rulers as in thrall of their supposed American masters. Friends become foes as Gulf rift bursts into pop culture 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Mehmet II commissioned Bellini to design an imperial portrait that was sent to rulers throughout Europe. Arts, culture are missing in the teaching of Islam 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Liberated in time, Mr Meredith’s new book explores the horrors suffered by Africans at the hands of its early rulers and traces the forays of Arabs and Europeans into its interior in search of treasure. The unlucky continent 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The two rulers, both fairly young when the story begins, are joined by blood and separated by religion. ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Sexy, Spirited and Almost Convincing 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Which is to say, as self-appointed rulers, we are shams. Picture Books for the Wild at Heart 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Anxious to rectify the situation the ruler chose 10 superb ancient ritual bronzes from the imperial holdings and shipped them to Qufu for temple use. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z It's a searing portrait of a world gone mad," says Miller, "with a murderous ruler, certainly a metaphor for Hitler. Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z Let me rephrase that: I am the ruler of one very small world of social media bots. Social Media Bots Offer Phony Friends and Real Profit 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Shannon Bennett’s latest eatery, located at the Observatory Cafe at the Botanical Gardens, is a cafe and bar that reinterprets Vietnamese food as it was under the country’s French colonial rulers. 48 hours in Melbourne: what to do, where to go 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z There is no absolute line that divides the clichés that warrant a slap of the ruler on the desk and phrases that work just fine given the context. Quiz: Do You Know a Cliché When You See One? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The geometry of fashion favors either a compass or a ruler. T Magazine: New Geometry 2012-11-26T22:09:58Z The right to vote is by far the biggest change introduced by Abdullah, considered a reformer, since he became the country's de facto ruler in 1995 during the illness of King Fahd. Saudi king: Women can vote in 2015 2011-09-25T16:21:00Z Instead it was radicalised, as Russia's new rulers were confirmed in their conviction that humanity advances through a succession of catastrophes. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z We thrill at the weirdness of the heretic king Akhenaten and all his works, but do not question what it is like to live under a despotic, fanatical ruler.” Books of The Times: Abrupt Regime Change in Egypt Is Nothing New. Just Ask Thutmose III. 2011-03-28T22:49:02Z Full of invention and animation, and often spangled with little bells and other bits of flickering gold, these adornments were crafted exclusively for rulers. At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Yet despite its mostly dreadful rulers, the vast land did begin to modernise. Long they ruled 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z There’s a pleasing humility and introspection to this Bruce — a ruler no longer sure if his patriotic purpose is worth the carnage. ‘Robert the Bruce’ Review: The Return of the King 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Leoni’s portrait of Charles V in armor was made to portray him as a formidable ruler. Royal trappings from 7 centuries of the Habsburg dynasty on view in a new exhibition 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z But many items do remain in Egypt, including the mummy of the 19-year-old ruler, the quartzite sarcophagus with granite lid, the gilded wooden outer coffin and a series of wall paintings. King Tut gets a remodel: How conservators are trying to protect the tomb from tourists 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z When you misbehaved, nuns in black habits, brandishing rulers, bore down on you. Op-Ed Columnist: It Goes With Everything, Even Bad Hair 2012-10-01T03:01:10Z The comedian Jack Black plays the pompous ruler and former Imperial officer Captain Bombardier, while the pop star Lizzo is his extravagantly attired wife, the Duchess. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Nuts and Revolts 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z She is part of the “cartalist” school which argues that money did not develop spontaneously from below, but was imposed from above by the state or ruler. Means of exchange 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The length of the censor's ruler varies for foreigners. Michelle Obama's Oscars dress too revealing for Iranian media 2013-02-25T18:32:03Z But if our rulers will not read the classics then they must read Al Gore, who, after eight years of reading and thinking, has produced a guide for the politically perplexed that will surely endure. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z Perched atop it are figures of the ruler and his consort, covered in blue glass beads. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The Old Kingdom ruler is credited with creating the innovative triangular shape that inspired the scene-stealing monuments at Giza. Tourists are trickling back to Egypt 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z According to these accounts, the rulers’ cremated remains were deposited with luxurious offerings and the hearts of sacrificed slaves in or near the circular platform. Exclusive: Aztec war sacrifices found in Mexico may point to... 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z For the Roman rulers of Judea, the political implications of the “kingdom” were potentially dire. Jesus Died Only to Rise Again. Where Did the Concept of the Resurrection Come From? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z This angers the ruler of the celestial land, called the Prince: the dreamer does not belong there. The Strange Power of a Medieval Poem About the Death of a Child 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And the question hanging in the air between Varys and Tyrion, and at the very center of this episode, is whether Daenerys is going to be that just ruler both men are looking for. “Game of Thrones” politics: Is a fair and just ruler possible for Westeros? 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z She sacrificed everything to be the ruler that she believes herself to be. Daenerys Tells All! 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The tombs, he said, were for senior officials including regional rulers and palace supervisors in ancient Egypt. Egypt displays recently discovered ancient tombs in Saqqara 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z But among the many things this show does right is defy the ancient sword-and-sorcery traditions of the white knight savior and the goodness of some kings countering other rulers' evil. "The Witcher" is back to give women a more equal share in its power 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z We see "a great Assembly … Of the fearless and the free" assailed, like the Peterloo crowds, by the troops of their rulers. Anarchy in Peterloo: Shelley's poem unmasked 2013-07-08T17:28:22Z Along with paintings by Caravaggio, Titian, Arcimboldo, Rubens, Holbein, Tintoretto and Velázquez, the 2015 show will include vehicles and clothes used by ill-fated rulers. Antiques: Looking Back at Cuba and the Lower East Side 2014-04-17T20:23:16Z She styled her political ideas on the writings of Montesquieu, who urged rulers to seek a “republican soul.” A Hermitage Amsterdam Show Looks Closer at Catherine the Great 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The lords and ladies stand and hail Bran the broken, rulers of the Six Kingdoms, protector of the realm and good neighbor to an independent North. "Game of Thrones" recap: The Iron Throne apparently goes to the person with the best story 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Put a ruler on the picture, see what happens in what section, and where it breaks its own rules of ordered composition. LS Lowry's rage against the machine 2013-06-13T06:00:04Z When Oman’s ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, overthrew his father in 1970, he inherited a country with six miles of paved road, three schools and one hospital. This Persian Gulf country may be the anti-Dubai — and that’s a good thing 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z He bristled when his nephew sent him a brass measuring ruler, “as if I were a plasterer or a carpenter.” Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z In the Newark painting he makes a critical point covertly, by using Western realism to depict an African ruler who had the powers of a god, and a world-conquering god at that. Art Review: Some of Simon Ottenberg’s Gifts in ‘The Art of Translation’ 2013-08-15T21:58:16Z A helpful wall text notes that, thanks to Neo-Confucian principles, Joseon society developed specific hierarchies of power: ruler over subject, husband over wife, parent over child. LACMA's lovely show on Korea in a time of transformation 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z A ruler ensures that any badges and patches on their uniforms are properly spaced. Soldier joins elite group guarding Tomb of the Unknowns around-the-clock 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z In China, ‘Audi’ Means ‘Big Shot’ IN 1994, China’s Communist rulers decided that the gluttony of party officials with unfettered access to money and privilege was soiling their brand. Noted: In China, ‘Audi’ Means ‘Big Shot’ 2012-11-16T22:24:21Z The Manchu rulers, astute politicians and ardent Sinophiles, had restored a sense of normalcy. Art Review: ?The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China? at the Met Museum - Review 2011-09-08T22:36:02Z For example, there is an inscribed piece of marble with cuneiform that includes turns of phrase used elsewhere exclusively to describe a specific king, Esarhaddon, who was a ruler of Assyria circa 672 B.C. Did ISIS inadvertently uncover the secret to the “lost” Hanging Gardens of Babylon? 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z To inaugurate his empire of brutal regression and to strike a clear example into people's minds, the ruler decided to put an end to The Princess of Cleves. Nicolas Sarkozy, the murderer of the Princess of Cleves 2011-03-23T09:30:01Z I’ll probably spend hours with a pencil and ruler later on, capturing on paper every inch of the razor-sharp symmetry. The brain injury that made me a math genius 2014-04-20T19:00:00Z After we ordered, the waitress — a short girl with a fringe you could use as a ruler — asked us to pay in advance. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z It is an allegorical 4,500-line poem telling the tale of when all the birds of the world gathered to try and find a just ruler. Kamin Mohammadi's top 10 Iranian books 2011-07-20T11:07:13Z "Nebuchadnezzar wasn't a brutal ruler in that respect. He knew he needed the Judeans to help revive the struggling Babylonian economy." Ancient tablets reveal life of Jews in Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z And “law of the land” was itself a strong phrase: the law accompanies the land and is inseparable from the land — not its rulers. Last Chance: Magna Carta at the Morgan Library: Its Birth Was a Royal Pain 2010-05-21T22:51:00Z But that plan has run aground since Nigeria’s outgoing president announced he had transferred ownership of the looted items to a direct descendant of the ruler they had been stolen from. Who Owns the Benin Bronzes? The Answer Just Got More Complicated. 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z An awesome champion, it argues, is not necessarily a great ruler; and you are only a leader to the extent you can prove yourself worth following. Review: Game of Thrones Explores Uncharted Territory in Season 5 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z As the scene is written, amid the general jubilation Hans Sachs warns the people of Nuremberg that evil from false foreign rulers and all manner of foreign humbug threaten the sanctity of German art. Katharina Wagner Envisions a New Bayreuth Festival 2010-08-13T17:37:00Z Portraits of Mughal rulers, or of nobles cavorting, can be lovely. The Week in Arts: Tom Hiddleston in ‘Betrayal’; Beck Takes the Stage in Queens 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Their Confederate counterparts were even less competent; whatever brief successes they enjoyed owed more to European rulers’ desire to see America fail for strategic reasons than to any sympathy with the Southern cause. The whole family of man 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But in the pressure-cooker decade before Germany’s complacent bourgeoisie and corrupt rulers facilitated Europe’s plunge into World War I, the Expressionists helped modernize the idea of the artist as obstreperous rebel and sardonic social commentator. Art Review: Bleak Visions From Early-20th-Century Rebels 2011-03-24T22:07:05Z While the ruler of dreams is self-serious, The Sandman uses a lighter touch in presenting him, sometimes even making him the butt of jokes by other characters, like his good-humored elder sister, Death. ‘The Sandman’ Is Coming to TV. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Cynicism aside, there is real affection in those words, and a sense of how this chateau was a special retreat for so many French rulers. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z To correct the resulting chaos, the Phools submitted to a robot ruler who resolved all differences by transforming everyone into identical silver discs. Review | Stanislaw Lem has finally gotten the translations his genius deserves 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Photograph: The British Library Board The Mughals, perhaps more than any other Islamic dynasty, made their love of the arts, their aesthetic principles, a central part of their identity as rulers. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z Bahrain's rulers have imposed martial law and are backed by a Saudi-led military force to try to quell an uprising that began in February. Britain revokes wedding invite for Syria envoy 2011-04-28T12:27:19Z In threat No 2 – abundance of options – Tampax is reckoning with the possible fate of any long-time ruler: the rising howl of revolution, a potential coup. Tampon wars: the battle to overthrow the Tampax empire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z On the opening morning, I latched on to the entourage of Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, taking a tour of the fair. Art Dubai and the Sharjah Biennial: talking about a revolution 2011-03-23T15:38:00Z A great example is at the Palatine Chapel, built in the 12th century inside the Norman rulers’ royal residence. Sicilian surprises in Palermo 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Narrow columns of hanji, with rough tops, line the canvases — ornamentation made with a humble, age-old material, gingerly set into place by rulers and other flat-edged tools. A Towering Figure in South Korean Art Plans His Legacy 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z He became the first Chinese ruler to assume the heaven-kissed title of emperor — Qi Shihuangdi, or First Emperor of Qin — and built a tomb near Xian, in northwestern China, to match its grandeur. ‘Age of Empires’: How 2 Dynasties of Art Forged China’s Identity 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The Hollow Tooth is the ruined spire and entry portico of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, or Memorial Church, built, in 1895, as a monument to a ruler of the nineteenth-century German Empire. A Beacon in Berlin 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z This adaptation, I feel sure in my most bitter moments, helped such Oxbridge dining society culture to thrive and gave our current rulers their as-yet-unsated taste for anti-egalitarian politics. Your next box set: Brideshead Revisited 2012-08-30T15:01:00Z IS denounces the al Saud family as ungodly rulers for their alliance with the United States and has staged attacks in the country. Saudi-owned TV drama fights Islamic State propaganda 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z In place of some Hollywood voluptuary, she gives us a Cleopatra who is a working queen and ruler: at one point we even see her in specs sitting at a desk signing state papers. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z Ancient insurrectionists and invaders decapitated statues to undermine the authority of rulers who had erected images of themselves as symbols of dominion. Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Captains weren’t absolute rulers, but elected leaders who commanded only during battle. Is piracy a radical force? 2012-09-03T14:30:00Z No matter one’s loyalty, just waiting for the new ruler felt fun. Emmys 2015: A Great Night for TV Is Defined by Surprising Winners 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Rather than showing his ancestor at the pinnacle of his majesty, Mivekannin portrays the king as a fallen ruler, driven into exile. A Painter Explores His Royal Roots 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Finally, as the frequency and scale of warfare grew, it became more expensive, forcing rulers to tax their populations more heavily. Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Jewelry, makeup jars and mirrors that once belonged to Egypt’s female rulers are also on display. Who ruled the world? In ancient Egypt, often times it was a woman. 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Walk into any major retailer and you are bound to find a smorgasbord of form-fitting, lung-grazing options, many with a fly that is longer than a standard school ruler. How High Can High-Waisted Pants Go? 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z His name was carefully chosen to invoke the legendary ruler of Camelot. 10 royal heirs who died before they reigned 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Coincidentally or not, several of the paintings in the show happen to have rulers affixed to their surfaces. Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The earliest mentions of Herat and Balkh occur in the sixth century B.C. inscriptions of the Achaemenid rulers of the Iranian empire. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z Lovecraft typed these beings as explicitly extraterrestrial, though some are former rulers of the earth and still lurk within its depths and reaches. Gods, Monsters and H.P. Lovecraft’s Uncanny Legacy 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “If a guy tells you his size and you meet up, you realize he must have a different ruler,” said Noah Michelson, editor of The Huffington Post’s Gay Voices section. Penis politics: Sex, size and stereotypes in the gay community 2014-01-12T18:00:00Z By their oppressive rulers, or violent neighbors, or capricious gods. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Then he sends his visitors on their way with a smooth request: Report back what you find; I’d love to meet this ruler myself. Art Review: ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ at Museum of Biblical Art 2012-08-10T04:40:08Z These traits are on display in their modern-dress “The Winter’s Tale,” which casts an appalled eye on contemporary societies and their rulers. Review: In This ‘Winter’s Tale,’ the King Is Insane. It’s as Simple as That. 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z When Shahrzad, a fierce and enchanting storyteller, volunteers to marry Khalid, no one can understand why, but she has a plan, one that doesn’t include falling in love with the vicious ruler. 6 Y.A. Love Stories to Add to Your Reading List 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z And we feel him, very subtly, doing something that wounded, angry rulers seldom do. Review: ‘The Tempest’ Starkly Amplifies Prospero’s Evolution 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Henry fancied himself a Renaissance ruler, but he was still touched by the ideals of courtly love – jousting away in the tournament, his lady’s favors tied to his lance. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z Religion was once considered part of the North's unification policy, with the strategy of trying to align with religious leaders in the South who were battling the country's military rulers at the time. In North Korea, a church renovated, missionaries jailed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The , set in 539 B.C., is based on the Old Testament account of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, in his ultimately successful battle with Belshazzar, the ruler of Babylon. Music Review: ‘Ciro in Babilonia’ by Rossini, in Bel Canto at Caramoor 2012-07-08T21:08:06Z They might be dissenters, considered to be spies by the rulers, who therefore undergo persecution and are incarcerated. ‘Children of the Jacaranda Tree’: The legacy of repression on generations of Iranians 2013-06-27T22:22:48Z Her staff arranged formal tableware “using measuring tapes or rulers and placing cards noting the perfectly symmetrical and equidistant locations,” the curator Estella M. Chung writes in the catalog. Antiques: The Fall of Gnomes: Tasteful to Tacky 2013-05-30T20:04:26Z Indeed, a prince who presented purely consequentialist justifications for apparently immoral actions would be a very dangerous kind of ruler. The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z Yet when he offered his services to the ruler of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he promised to invent bridges, cannons and war machines. A New Biography of the Renaissance Genius 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Throughout most of history, the idea that rulers’ power should be defined and demarcated did not exist. Why Constitutions Are the Safeguards of Freedom 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Here was the striking contrast between the rulers and the ruled and nobody saw any reason to hide it. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z His name is Elric, a frail, drug-addicted albino and the reluctant ruler of the kingdom of Melniboné, where revenge and hedonism are abiding characteristics, and human beings are enslaved. The Anti-Tolkien 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Within these few square blocks, the Ottoman rulers commissioned grandiose palaces and other buildings that proclaimed the durability of their empire. Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul 2014-01-31T18:45:16Z Cyprus is already inflamed with panicked rumors about what happened to Othello and his lovely wife; the nervous rulers of Venice suspect Iago is a Turkish traitor. 'Iago: A Novel' ? the morning after a bloody mess 2012-01-04T22:57:03Z The National Asian American Theater Company fills the months before the midterm elections with this tale of a dangerously unfit ruler and a fiercely divided nation. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z What is a person of principle to do when the ruler he serves is consumed with reckless vanity? Review: No Battle of Wits in This Mild ‘Man for All Seasons’ 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Other than preserving the word “mikado,” which it uses as a synonym for “ruler,” this production avoids any reference to Japan. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z It would be foolish, of course, to view Mr. Johns’s story about the brazen schoolgirl and the broken ruler as the source for those paintings. Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The fourth season picks up with his marriage to a young Katherine Howard and sees him through his final years as he becomes obese, ill and an increasingly cruel ruler. Being a "Tudors" king changed Jonathan Rhys Meyers 2010-04-10T00:43:00Z His story of dreamy lovers split apart by scheming courtiers is also a protest against rulers, like the unseen duke, whose riches are wrung from the blood of their people. Review: Pulled Apart by ‘Love and Intrigue’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z As Portugal and other northern nations seeking riches became more muscular in Africa, the rulers of the Kongo found themselves making and breaking alliances with the Europeans and quelling civil wars. An Unsettling Visit to “Kongo” 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Thou shalt not kill is a political order given by the highest ruler of them all, God Almighty Himself. Can Agatha Christie be political? 2013-05-27T15:14:54Z There’s also an unfortunate whiff of pulp-era “lost race”made it this and not Lost Race tales by writers like H. Rider Haggard√ and A. Merritt√, with a pale-skinned ruler dispensing benign wisdom from above. Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles is looking a little long in the tooth 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z One is a moral allegory, populated by characters representing the perfect husband, the blameless wife, the loyal servant, the just ruler — personified ideals that are, for better and worse, still honored in India. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z “We know water,” Lechner explained, “so we can judge distances and scale according to the water quite easily. It’s like a ruler.” In Designing ‘The Sea Beast,’ Animators Sweat the Details 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Almost as astounding, though: how a Soviet state built on hatred of czarist excesses had devoted itself to preserving the treasures those rulers had accumulated on the backs of peasants mired in poverty. Into the Baltic Sea, but out of the Cold: Revisiting Berlin and St. Petersburg 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Photograph: British Museum/PA One of the fascinating aspects of the exhibition is the way that it shows how Egyptians absorbed and assimilated foreign rulers. British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London 2011-07-19T05:48:00Z But an ambitious general, hoping to curry favor with the ruler, finds and grooms an attractive young kitchen servant and presents her to the emperor as the noblewoman of the title. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z He was a Bronze Age ruler displaying trophies to his challengers. Donald Trump Brings Red Meat and Wine to Primary-Night Airwaves 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z For Shakespeare and the Classical Greek dramatists, the doings of real and imaginary rulers — affairs of state and of the flesh, both of which figure prominently here — were most often the stuff of tragedy. ‘The Favourite’ Review: Scheming for Power in a Kinky Palace Triangle 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z In comes Hades, the ruler of that realm, as sleazy as a back-alley hustler, to manipulate her grief; he baits her with one of her father’s letters. Love, Trust and Heartbreak on Two Stages 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Such time-defying ease feels appropriate to the portrayal of a national ruler perceived as all but immortal. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Only later did reports leak out that the ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was behind the purchase. ‘Lost Leonardo’ unpeels the mysteries of the Salvator Mundi 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z I lived under five rulers in my “first” motherland. Five Rulers and One Presidential Press Conference 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “Each ruler comes and says, ‘Oh yes, I am listening to people. Nigerian Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka has hope in young 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Draw a rectangle with marker on two opposite sides of the carton, using the ruler to measure a half-inch from the sides, and one inch from the top and bottom. Give birds a reason to visit your backyard with a milk carton feeder 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The museum called the figure simply a “Bronze statue of a nude male figure” and said in a wall label that it “may depict a god, a hero, a Hellenistic ruler, or a Roman emperor.” Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He also knows their ruler thinks elections "slow down the Revolution". Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty by Alain Mabanckou – review 2013-06-29T07:00:20Z Plus, the ruler and stopwatch you’d need to have with you to measure this forearm stroking will show her that you know how to accessorize and count to 10. 18 hilariously terrible sex tips that all men should ignore 2014-02-21T13:05:00Z Opening Classic Stage’s season will be another well-known theater work that deals with the killing of rulers: “Macbeth,” also directed by Mr. Doyle. John Doyle to Direct ‘Assassins’ at Classic Stage Company 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The exotic animals in the collection were often gifts from the rulers of other countries to the king of England. For author Susan Fletcher, a long but fun journey writing ‘Pale Bear’ 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z We should also concede that these military rulers succeeded in relieving the Arab nation of the burden of governing a great deal of real estate.” Ali Salem’s Journey 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The word Wednesday is named for the Germanic god Woden — the ruler and war god who loves a relentless quest as much as chicanery or any sort of artifice and he eschews law or rules. “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Between rebels and rulers, it’s clear where her sympathies lie: Royals are mythic, but it’s their assassins whom she loves. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z They threw away socks without matches, orange peels, math work sheets, rulers that matched their notebooks that matched their lunchboxes, doctors’ notes and field-trip permission forms. Orange peels, love notes and deodorant: What gets tossed on the last day of middle school Both places were part of the Venetian empire, but closer to Milan than to Venice, so their culture was strongly affected by Milan’s Spanish Habsburg rulers. Review | First Moroni exhibition in North America features one of the most celebrated portraits of the Renaissance 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z A gallery devoted to depictions of ordinary humans rather than gods or rulers shows how Hellenistic sculptors began to embody common feelings. The paradox of 'Power and Pathos' at the Getty: Disasters rescued these ancient bronzes 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The light, needling tone reflects Énard’s delicate approach to the politics of Orientalism—and to the region’s authoritarian rulers. A French Novelist Confronts Orientalism 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The messiah was thought to be the future ruler of the people of Israel. Did Jesus think he was God? New insights on Jesus’ own self-image 2014-03-23T17:00:00Z Born in 1936, Havel came of age in Czechoslovakia, whose Communist rulers repeatedly imprisoned and continuously surveilled him while suppressing many of his writings. Václav Havel’s Lessons on How to Create a “Parallel Polis” 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Nor has he expressed much concern about the role of Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last October. Perspective | Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z In 1739, the Persian ruler Nadir Shah attacked Delhi, massacring thousands of citizens and hauling away several thousand carts and camels laden with Mughal booty, including the Peacock Throne of Shahjahan. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z The Alhambra was the final stronghold of the last Muslim rulers in Spain, the Nasrids. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The fine tenor Kurt Streit, as Creon, is called upon to be a rather silly ruler, who sits atop a lifeguard’s tall chair in lieu of a throne. Muisc: Rare Glimpses of Traetta's 'Antigona' and Strauss's 'Danae' 2011-02-01T12:30:03Z When a new ruler took power in 1830, he and other Jews were expelled from Ottoman Iraq. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “It was a system of dependency upon the ruler that has lasted to this day,” Figes writes. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The students were protesting an order that black students to be taught in Afrikaans, the language of the white-minority rulers. South Africa photographer honored for Soweto photo 2011-04-27T12:07:09Z Colman, who plays a more experienced ruler with a chillier, more confident mien, said in a sit-down interview last fall that she was trying not to think about following in Foy’s footsteps. ‘The Crown’ Executes a Peaceful Palace Coup 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Historically, the dogs of great rulers are majestic beasts of the hunt: athletic, intelligent and slightly intimidating. God save the corgi 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z When Darius became the ruler of the Persian Empire, he made Susa his permanent capital. Persian Collections at Louvre Are Worth the Journey 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z “She is your rightful ruler! She is a warrior! She is Ironborn! We will find no better leader. This is our queen!” he says. “Game of Thrones”: The Door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Presidents are not rulers, although try telling that to the White House's previous occupant. On the Iron Anniversary of "Game of Thrones," here's hoping Joe Biden doesn't go Ned Stark on us 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Though a castle has stood here since the 11th century, the highlight is Wawel Cathedral, which houses the tombs of the country’s greatest rulers and historic figures. Krakow: The heart and soul of Poland 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z A new season begins in History’s saga of the brutal and mysterious world of legendary Viking hero and ruler Ragnar Lothbrok. Wednesday TV Picks: ‘Vikings’ returns 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z It was in the 1953 Order of Coronation that England’s newly crowned ruler was referred to as “Queen Elizabeth, Your Undoubted Queen.” Queen Elizabeth II Sets a Style Standard 2012-06-01T16:59:27Z Much here, though, is staunch and by the book: The French court is foppish; the English military is brash and bold under their young ruler's anxious command. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z This means that the personal ties between the rulers of the Kremlin and the officials in the White House are unusually significant, for good or ill. Unraveling the Putin Enigma 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z For Lawrence portrayed the rulers of Britain in a time of radicalism and crisis. National Portrait Gallery shines light on forgotten artist Thomas Lawrence 2010-08-04T18:38:00Z The cries of affection, said The Richmond Enquirer, “were more like the homage of subjects to their ruler than of a free people toward their first magistrate.” Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z But there was always an ambivalence — Iraqis were caught between the American occupation, with all its horrors, and the corruption of their own rulers. These Artists Refuse to Forget the Wars in Iraq 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Reviewing the movie in The New York Times, Howard Thompson characterized it as a “sci-fi honey, with tiny earthlings ‘from a destroyed planet’ dominated as pets or outcasts by huge, robotlike rulers.” In ‘The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,’ Practice Makes Pandemonium 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Their handover of its keys to the Catholic rulers — with Christopher Columbus present at the ceremony, about to set off for the West — marked the end of 781 years of Moorish Spain. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Over the years, I was a witness to “Rent” growing up, as if I had a metaphysical ruler at the ready, always waiting to take the latest measure of the heights it had scaled. Perspective | ‘Rent’ and I, we’ve been going together for 23 years. And not even ‘Rent: Live’ could break us up. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z But she wasn't a Hellenistic ruler immortalized by Shakespeare, removing her from the Greco-Roman foundation of classicism and, by extension, claims of whiteness. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Did you know that violence begets violence, that revolutionary regimes often outdo the savagery of the rulers they overthrow and that those who live by the sword something something? Katniss meets the new boss: The Tea Party, the Bolsheviks and the “Hunger Games” finale 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The Meissen pieces, part of a recent gift from the New York collector Henry H. Arnhold, show how the Saxon ruler August the Strong persuaded German ceramists to try copying expensive imports from Asia. Antiques: Patent Models, Roger Broders Posters, Meissen Porcelain 2011-12-08T22:10:53Z Mr. Cooper will portray Lucifer, the fallen angel turned ruler of Hell, in a film version of Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” The Associated Press reported. ArtsBeat: Bradley Cooper Going Down Under ? Way Down Under ? for 'Paradise Lost' Film 2011-07-20T13:39:27Z A totalitarian ruler is only satisfied if, like Big Brother, he is able to scrutinise and manipulate every aspect of a society's life, including its dreams. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity by Michael Munn ? review 2012-05-17T12:35:57Z He had been working there quietly for more than a decade, and designs its men’s wear, which likewise reflects the sense of a designer you imagine getting dressed in the morning with a ruler. Talking With Massimiliano Giornetti of Ferragamo 2011-09-28T18:52:00Z The British, therefore, were deeply invested in not alienating South Africa’s rulers. Review: ‘A United Kingdom’ With Love That Tested Racial Tolerance 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The most powerful and celebrated ruler of ancient Egypt, the pharaoh also known as Ramses the Great was the third of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and ruled from 1279 to 1213 BCE. Colossus probably depicting Ramses II found in Egypt 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Will we be left with dragon eggs undiscovered and lying in wait for the next mad ruler? Is Arya Death? The questions we need answered in Game of Thrones 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Married at 16 to Franz Joseph, the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Elisabeth now has two children, a retinue of servants and no obvious cares. ‘Corsage’ Review: A Queen in Quiet Rebellion 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z In one of the few successful slave rebellions in human history, the slaves of Saint-Domingue overthrew their owners and French colonial rulers. Three books on the revolutions that America's uprising helped spawn 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z There's Billy Connolly playing the ruler of Lilliput. Beat a Swift retreat? 2010-06-08T07:30:00Z Thereafter Ieyasu and his successors reigned over more than 250 years of almost unbroken peace, culminating with the restoration of the emperor as ruler in fact, not merely in name. 2010-01-08T19:00:00Z Marie Antoinette was a Habsburg, as was Margarita Teresa, the little Spanish infanta immortalized by Velázquez, as was Charles V, the ruler captured in bronze by the sculptor Leone Leoni. Royal trappings from 7 centuries of the Habsburg dynasty on view in a new exhibition 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It was at 18 that Cleopatra became ruler of Egypt, in 51 B.C.E., and Victoria the queen of Great Britain, in 1837. This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Their goal, it is said, was a half-million volumes, and they contacted rulers of the world, asking them to send scrolls of all kinds. Seeking Genuine Discovery on Music Streaming Services 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z “The Burning Shores” begins with the dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, surely one of the most flamboyantly eccentric rulers ever to commandeer a country. Why Libya Continues to Burn 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z But a natural ruler, exulting in his power and thirsting for vengeance, he really is not. Theater Review | 'The Tempest': Air Sprite, Feral Creature, Rapturous Love and Other Sorcery 2010-02-26T03:15:00Z In the story, a ruler, so impressed by the game of chess, invites its inventor to name his own reward. Teaching a robot to do my job (and grimly cheering my obsolescence) | Ellen Wengert 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Little is known about King Solomon — and some scholars even doubt his existence — but his story offers an image of a ruler presiding over a diversity of cultures, with an abundance of food. The Legend of King Solomon and the Passover Feast 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Here, a rarity in opera, we have an absolute ruler and a smitten young man portrayed as defiantly and passionately in love. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Then he cut to 2008 footage of then-candidate Obama promising to "set an example that the law is not subject to the whims of sudden rulers, and that justice is not arbitrary." Jon Stewart was born to bash Obama 2010-06-22T18:25:00Z Whether they should rush through it, arms waving and warning about the dangers of a mad ruler, remains a question. Perspective | ‘We’re not doctors’: The perils for journalists in assessing Trump’s mental health 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z As the ruler of Bavaria 1864–86, King Ludwig II had the financial wherewithal to make his most extravagant dreams a reality. TV highlights 02/07/2013 2013-07-02T06:00:21Z But as her country’s supreme ruler, the personal and the political are tightly woven together. What’s on TV Monday: The ‘Catherine the Great’ Finale and ‘A Single Man’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The best film award went to Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng's "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," an epic film about an aboriginal tribe's uprising against Japanese colonial rulers. 'A Simple Life' big winner at Taiwan film festival 2011-11-26T15:29:09Z In 7th century Medina, for instance, Jews were allowed to openly practice their religion with the protection of their Muslim rulers. Seeds of Arab Spring sown in Islam's past, author says 2011-07-14T18:31:10Z Their journey to salute the new ruler, we are told, will be called the "Better Times Trip" - which in itself is a sort of a compliment to the impending reign of the incoming potentate. Film stars cross the US by train for Roosevelt's inauguration: from the archive, 22 February 1933 2013-02-22T07:30:00Z Measure 1 inch from an end of one of the rolls, and draw a line in pencil alongside the ruler. Christmas crackers get the holiday party popping 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z If he is to become the ruler that his people need, he will have to toughen up. Game of Thrones finale: fancy some son pie? 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z At Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R, until 18 September Splendour and Power: Imperial Treasures from ViennaThe Habsburg rulers of the Austrian Empire were fanatical collectors of everything from coral to Correggio paintings. Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Schiff moves the story of Cleopatra beyond that of a sultry seductress and into a narrative of a powerful ruler determined to do anything and everything necessary to preserve her country 7. The 10 hottest books at Seattle Public Library 2011-11-28T00:52:04Z As originally conceived, Verdi’s Duke is a licentious ruler attended to by crude courtiers who procure him women and envy his power. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z What was once a realm of fairy-tale grace became home to barbaric rulers, heathen masses and — after England imported opium from India into China — drug addicts. Review: In ‘China: Through the Looking Glass,’ Eastern Culture Meets Western Fashion 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But finding Italians—even among those who abhorred fascists—who were prepared to fight their own rulers was far from easy. Fighting forces 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z At the very other side of the known world, another ruler is being made to choose between his deepest desires and the most painful sacrifice imaginable. “Game of Thrones” politics: “All rulers are butchers — or meat” 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The church in Nazareth was left unfinished when Muslim forces under the military ruler Saladin reconquered Jerusalem in 1187. Jerusalem as a Place of Desire and Death, at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z This troubling ambiguity could explain why Chinese readers, struggling to decipher the intentions of their rulers, made de Tocqueville's book a national bestseller. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z The Third, critics asserted, sanctioned scores of words—“finalize,” “irregardless,” “wise up,” “hepcat,” “ain’t”—without the ruler on the knuckles they deserved, labels such as “colloquial,” “erroneous,” “incorrect,” or “illiterate.” Oxford Junior Dictionary Drops "Acorn" for "Broadband" 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Here are 10 things about the Russian ruler that might surprise you: 10 things you may not know about Catherine the Great 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s an anachronistic assertion of divine right retooled to recognize that even hereditary rulers have to argue their relevance. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The Nordics, he argued, were “a race of soldiers, sailors, adventurers, and explorers, but above all, of rulers, organizers, and aristocrats.” Perspective | N.C. Wyeth painted the world full of beauty, resilience and adventure. And full of white people. 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The country’s fourth king, and father of today’s ruler, introduced the concept of gross national happiness in the 1970s as more important than gross domestic product. In Bhutan, ‘gross national happiness’ is what counts 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Many recent studies get stuck on how fascist rulers attract and dominate their mob followings by cocooning them in a soothing alternate reality and demonizing other groups. Letters to the Editor 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Jane’s eyes grew wide as I spun tales of these mighty rulers. Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z In this world, 2 + 2 does = 5, as Orwell noted, and the acceptance of bad arithmetic simply becomes a testament to the power of rulers to define reality and the terms of debate. Why ‘1984’ Is a 2017 Must-Read 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But advances in technology, coupled with regressions in self-esteem, mean that it has never been easier for our celebrity rulers to counter claims that they are faking their pregnancies. Is Kim Kardashian pregnant, or is it all just another celebrity conspiracy? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z These unruly rulers swoon with lust or erupt into fits of pique. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The tenor Matthew Polenzani sang the title role of the ruler unhappy inside his power bubble with a plush, slightly woolly tone and plain-spoken phrasing. Review: The Met Makes a Case for Mozart’s Least-Loved Opera 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z As if ecological devastation weren’t enough, Bug and Aurelia must also deal with the machinations of the disembodied Technalis ruler, Doyenne, a featureless head floating above her lair. ‘The Immortal Jellyfish Girl’ Review: A 26th-Century Love Story 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z This opulent train had been built in France in the early 20th century and given as a gift to the local Ottoman ruler of Tunisia. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z But the visual drama was controlled by tailoring so graphic and manly that it could have been drawn with a ruler. Fashion Review: Comme des Gar?ons and Dries Van Noten Offer a Hint of Victoriana 2012-01-20T18:50:37Z Following a Beijing ceremony that had to say exactly what the country's government wanted it to, the Boyle event pointedly delighted in saying things our rulers might dispute. Why the Olympic opening ceremony was a triumph of agitprop theatre 2012-07-31T14:17:05Z What ruler would not want to resemble the marvelous South Vietnamese Vishnu — buff, impeccably dressed, four arms strong, posture perfect — who stands enshrined on an elevated plinth in a gallery devoted to this god? Art Review: In ‘Lost Kingdoms,’ National Treasures From Asian Countries 2014-04-10T23:05:18Z Most striking, the old king of Britain and the new president of the United States are rulers obsessed with personal devotion. Perspective | Turns out the Trump era isn’t ‘1984.’ It’s ‘King Lear.’ 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z His story is a great one, in that he was one of Scandinavia’s greatest rulers. "Vikings" kicks off its final season with its own "tender moment" in history 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Valentin Cristea still remembers what life was like in one of the most grisly jails under Romania's former communist rulers, where political prisoners were sent. Trial of prison chief stirs memories of Romania's Stalinist past 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z But an earthly sensuousness is also evident, heralded in poetry praising the Alhambra and its rulers — words that are also part of the palace’s decorative design. Exhibition Review: Temptations Found in Gardens of Islamic Delight 2011-05-20T23:27:00Z Robert the liberator was a disinterested ruler who spent the crown into penury. Game of Thrones Watch: The Walking Dead 2013-04-29T09:45:04Z “Perfect for caviar,” he says, lining up the tiny gray orbs against a ruler. The cool new thing in French haute cuisine? Madagascar caviar 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Magna Carta — which means Great Charter in Latin — is seen by many as the world’s first declaration of the rule of law, and of people limiting a ruler’s power to protect their own rights. Man Arrested in Britain on Suspicion of Trying to Damage Magna Carta 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z With primatology, science has refused to see that females are the aggressors, the rulers, the initiators of sex. Women and sex: the myth-buster 2013-07-05T21:34:00Z A ruler on the wall indicates that the Philadelphia artist’s massive photographic likeness, printed on ballooning Lycra, started at nine feet. Review | In the galleries: Natural order, and natural disorder, at VisArts at Rockville 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Despite the contempt of Tehran's rulers for western art, the collection has been safely guarded – bar a Warhol portrait of Pahlavi herself, which, she said, had been cut with a knife. Iran's hidden Warhols revealed 2012-08-01T15:52:55Z Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan used gers, the local word for the structure, on his military campaigns. Why be a square? Yurts offer vacationers adventure-in-the-round. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The portrait simultaneously depicts two sides of her character: the proud ruler in profile and the thoughtful woman who faces the viewer. A Hermitage Amsterdam Show Looks Closer at Catherine the Great 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Genealogy web site Ancestry.com said on Wednesday that the British actor is distantly related to Vlad III Dracula -- the cruel 15th century ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's literary Count Dracula in 1897. "Twilight"s Robert Pattinson related to Dracula 2010-06-24T00:44:00Z Is he trying to crown a ruler … or kill one? ‘House of the Dragon’: Is Larys Strong the New Littlefinger? 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Also opening this week is "The Dictator," starring Sacha Baron Cohen as the ruler of a fictional, oil-rich North African country who finds himself living among the common people when he comes to New York. Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies 2012-05-18T19:35:10Z For the first two seasons of “The Crown,” Claire Foy played the queen as a reticent new ruler, learning that her job leaves little room for individual humanity. Review: ‘The Crown’ and the Burdens of a No-Drama Queen 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z It was initially hailed by the Antiquities Ministry as among the most important discoveries to date on the basis that it depicted Ramses the Great, the most powerful and celebrated ruler of ancient Egypt. Egypt says ancient colossus pulled from slum likely not Ramses 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z She was Doña Maria Isabella, the sole ruler of a kingdom filled with battling knights. Medieval Times Goes Modern, Replacing Its Kings With Queens 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Historians say the bride and the horse figures appeared at the time of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, one of the rulers of Egypt during the Fatimid era, when marriages often occurred to coincide with the celebrations. Sweet and sour: price rises hit seasonal Egyptian candies 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z In colonial times, interest in Tanzanian musicians among the country’s British rulers was generally limited to finding a few competent at playing fox trots for ballroom dances. Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z But was he more violent than other Roman rulers? Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z For 35 years, without error or complaint, he has plowed through endless stacks of folders, keeping accounts with a ruler and pencil. Movie Review: ‘The Lunchbox,’ With Irrfan Khan: Mumbai Mix-Up 2014-02-27T16:27:45Z Americans also consume plenty of oil from Saudi Arabia, whose wealthy rulers claim similarly dubious legal ownership of the country’s oil, this time “from the Holy Koran and the sayings and customs of the Prophet”. Corrupted bounty 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Rest assured: The Plastics, the tyrannical teenage rulers of an Illinois high school, are as shallow as ever — and oblivious to the plot that their enemies, the school’s outsiders, have hatched against them. The Broadway Shows to See Now 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Cast by 1717, the piece caused a stir: Statues or statuettes of rulers on rearing horses were all but unprecedented in Florence then. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z The rulers of Russia, Hungary and China are driven by past national humiliations. What Is Identity? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “We earned our reps as tough, strong, ruthless and fair rulers, administering rough justice with tempered mercy. “That’s what a king does. Don Winslow’s summer blockbuster, ‘The Force,’ is ready-made for Hollywood 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z With some dexterous wielding of compass, square and ruler, you get the cape. For the New Season, Sleek Severity Rules 2010-09-06T18:30:00Z A parent’s power is not unlike that of a ruler of a small empire, capable of dramatically shaping the fate of its inhabitants. A Memoir of a Childhood Crushed by a Despotic Father 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z However, this one has an enhancement that reflects her shift as the ruler of Wakanda. In ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ One Scene Celebrates and Commemorates 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z For him the gallery is the latter-day equivalent to those monastic orders into which the rulers of medieval Europe placed their ill-gotten booty, in the hope that this act alone would offset their rapaciousness. Young British Artists versus old masters 2012-06-01T21:55:05Z They produced likenesses — generally flattering — that affirmed the status of rulers and nobles for one another, their constituencies and posterity. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z But for now, Severus remains one of the multitudes of Greek and Roman rulers, gods and everyday citizens with heads divorced from their bodies. Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z An unavoidable obstacle, blocking the exit, stuffed with an assortment of overpriced teapots, wearisome books and a collection of plastic rulers, pencils adorned with tassels and cheap notepads masquerading as special mementoes. Museum shops cash in with sales reaching a record £100m a year 2013-04-06T11:15:30Z These confidences come to the Duke not in his role as ruler but in his assumed disguise as the friendly friar who acts to help thwart Angelo’s brutal justice. 2010-02-15T22:29:00Z The movie begins with the Hans Christian Andersen tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” about two weavers who promise the ruler a new suit that is invisible to those who are stupid or incompetent. Review: ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes,’ a Documentary About Income Inequality 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z In Store | A Berlin Boutique That Pays Tribute to New York Creative Culture As any New York denizen knows, the rat is both the city’s unofficial mascot and the ruler of its underground domain. | A Berlin Boutique That Pays Tribute to New York Creative Culture 2013-08-01T21:08:06Z La Aljaferia, originally built as a country retreat for the city’s Islamic rulers and later the palace of Aragon’s Catholic monarchs, is now home to the regional parliament. Spain’s Zaragoza: Goya, tapas and 2,000 years of history 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z "A ruler needs a good head and a true heart," she famously told the king. "House of the Dragon" and the question of queens 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The invocation of "cancer" to provide yesterday's rulers with a pretext to unleash war abroad and repression at home is mirrored by the questions being asked about Neruda's cancer today. Pablo Neruda's importance was as much political as poetic 2013-04-10T09:42:31Z Island ruler Prospero, seated on the stage floor, fashions a fleet of paper boats in a brooding yet childlike manner. 'The Tempest Replica': dazzling dance, stage wizardry in Seattle 2012-10-24T19:31:05Z Why shouldn’t Dr. King, too, be misread — turning the minister into a warrior or a ruler, as if caricaturing or trying too hard to resemble his company on the Mall? Memorial Review: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Opens in Washington 2011-08-25T12:00:00Z "I actually based one of my costumes on Gaddafi," Spacey said about the longtime Libyan ruler who was killed in 2011. Kevin Spacey brings stage act to big screen in documentary 2014-05-02T20:50:31Z The Plantagenets were a royal dynasty whose strong-tempered rulers conquered Wales, battled France, and help transform England into a thriving medieval kingdom. Experts find remains of England's King Richard III 2013-02-04T14:07:03Z In the comics, Doom declares himself ruler for life in his homeland of Latveria and plots to take over the world weekly. Everything You Need to Know About the New Fantastic Four Movie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The UAE’s seven emirates are overseen by hereditary rulers who hold absolute power. Dubai finds itself entangled in case against R. Kelly 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z They are mentioned in the pages of the Kama Sutra and served as senior courtiers to the subcontinent’s Mughal rulers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pakistan transgender leader calls for end to culture of 'gurus' 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Richards explains: “He’s a ruler of a nation — concerned for his people. And he’s a human being — almost — with a right to live.” The Sub-Mariner Turns 80. He’s Still Super. 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Portrayed by Ralph Fiennes with high-stepping liveliness and an evocative mustache, Gustave is both courtier and sovereign, a devoted servant to the guests and the capricious, mostly benevolent ruler of the staff. Movie Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Is a Complex Caper 2014-03-06T15:00:02Z Kidd unsuccessfully attacked a convoy of Muslim pilgrims from Africa and preyed on Indian Ocean shipping, infuriating the subcontinent's Mughal rulers, with whom the British East India Company was doing a lucrative business. Was Captain Kidd set up? New exhibit airs doubts 2011-05-19T16:46:11Z Half of them didn’t even know how to read a ruler.” Design: Humanitarian Design Project Aims to Build a Sense of Community 2011-10-23T12:30:10Z Mr. Robshaw surrounds himself with paintings of maharajahs, or India’s princes and rulers, that he collects on his business trips to Jaipur. Maharajahs Ruling in the Connecticut Wilds 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z As the opera opens, a crowd sings while a ruler sleeps. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Jefferson worked with another French ruler, Napoleon, to send Paris needed cash in return for doubling the landholdings of the United States. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The United States government concluded that the killing had been carried out by a team reporting directly to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler. You Don’t Know Much About Jay Penske. And He’s Fine With That. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Even the wanderer’s seeking refuge in a humble charcoal-burner’s hut was fraught with meaning: it was a hint at the carbonari, an Italian secret society which Austria’s Habsburg rulers suspected of subversion. Wintry passions 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The show’s depiction of an effete King George III, Britain’s ruler during the U.S. revolutionary war, also drew some of the biggest laughs of the night from the British crowd. 'Hamilton' takes center stage in London's West End 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Founded chiefly by Amenhotep III and originally dedicated to Amon-Re, the complex was modified and enlarged by rulers, including Ramses II. A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s obvious why an enormously rich ruler—or, often, his child—would want an international superstar to show up at a private party. J. Lo in Turkmenistan: How Celebs End Up Performing for Tyrants 2013-07-01T17:00:51Z The show’s depiction of an effete King George III, Britain’s ruler during the U.S. revolutionary war, also drew some of the biggest laughs of the night from the British crowd. 'Hamilton' takes center stage in London's West End 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Momoa will appear as the ruler of Atlantis first in Batman v. 'Furious 7' Director James Wan to Helm Aquaman Movie 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z And then there’s Daenerys, who has grown from victim to ruler. Game of Thrones' Woman Problem Is About More Than Sexual Assault 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Jihadists developed a dubious doctrine of vicarious liability: democracy, which they declare is an abomination for Muslims, taints all citizens of Western countries with the sins of their rulers because they vote them into office. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The twins’ plans grow more disparate after the High King decides to step down and crown an heir the ruler of Elfhame. Secrets, Lies and a Murder (or Three) in the Latest Y.A. Crossover Novels 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Judas and the eleven others would all be rulers in the future kingdom. Did Jesus think he was God? New insights on Jesus’ own self-image 2014-03-23T17:00:00Z Universalism, he argued, offered license to sin without fear of consequences and undermined the justice of God by making Him a weak and ineffective ruler. Damnation, American style: How American preachers reinvented hell 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z While the text is unaltered, the doomed ruler becomes a reform-minded chief administrator murdered by parents and staffers resistant to change. Enlisting Lincoln and Caesar in the Culture Wars 2010-07-18T02:53:00Z Judges rejected a last-minute protest from former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor, clearing the way for British fashion model Naomi Campbell to testify at his war crimes trial on Thursday. Naomi Campbell to speak at Taylor war crimes case 2010-08-04T17:29:00Z Before his death in 2003, Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday led a notoriously decadent and violent lifestyle and looked set to succeed his father as ruler of Iraq. VIDEO: Playing Saddam Hussein's son 2011-08-04T08:14:53Z Black Panther, whose given name is T’Challa, is the ruler of the technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda, a scientist and an Avenger. Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bringing Back Black Panther 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The Futureby Al Gore From a parochial British perspective, what might be most significant is the fact that China's rulers are reading de Tocqueville at all. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z I use a ruler and score the top of the loaf with a sharp knife before cutting to make sure everything stays straight and even. How to make soap at home (even if you failed chemistry) 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The de facto ruler of the United States, he longs to recover any scrap of the human intelligence used to form his own. Review | ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a bestseller, but its author, Walter Tevis, was hardly a one-hit wonder 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z This time it wasn’t the start of another war, but an action scene filmed for a TV series produced by the territory’s militant Hamas rulers. No ‘Fauda’: Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The city’s Russian ruler tells the Baron, “Information does not belong equally to everyone.” Review | A doctor races to contain a plague in Manchuria — but the bodies are vanishing 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z And then there’s the other side: the aggressively unlovable Sister Mary Ignatius of Christopher Durang’s play, wielding a ruler and a threat of hell. In Alice McDermott’s Novel, A Cloistered Life Blows Open 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z For more than a decade, he traveled the Shandong area, promoting his theories of reform and looking for a ruler who would see things his way. Art Review: At China Institute, Envisioning Confucius, an Abstraction 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z I learned to draw using a ruler and protractor. The education of a typographic innovator 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z The Magna Carta, whose 800th anniversary fell on the day after the season finale, was one of many medieval charters limiting the powers of rulers and defining the rights of subjects. Don't Root for the Game of Thrones White Walkers Just Yet 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z At one point, it sounds like he’s singing: “Holy ruler, crazy watchdog/Good riddance, join in sleeping/Move away, step aside.” Music From a Distance? Eivind Opsvik Has Been Making It for Years 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z British actor Adele James, who is dark-skinned and of mixed heritage, plays the first-century Egyptian ruler as a queen with African heritage, much to the dismay of archaeologists, academics, legal experts and online critics. Netflix accused of "Blackwashing" docudrama "Queen Cleopatra" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The coronation of a British ruler is, of course, a political ritual and a religious ceremony. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The landscape surely symbolises Europe, submitting to its ruler. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z The women of this show have suffered in a way that the men will never know, and that’s exactly what will make them better rulers. 'Game of Thrones' Bends Over Backwards to Give Us a Girl Power Moment 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Through more than 200 artifacts including statues, helmets, weapons, jewelry and ancient graffiti, it depicts a young ruler with rock-solid imperial lineage; Nero was the great-grandson of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z In their 13th- and 14th-century palaces, the rulers gazed at friezes of glazed ceramic revetment tiles carrying excerpts from the Shah-Nameh. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z But the strong outerwear — coats, jackets, all cut with a compass rather than a ruler — made a statement that got to the heart of the heritage. Fashion Review: Buffing Up British Heritage Brands 2012-02-19T17:45:13Z They include manuscripts dating from the 10th to the 19th century, jewelry set with precious stones, as well as vibrant enamels that belonged to India’s Mughal rulers and exquisite miniatures from India and Iran. In Transit: In Amsterdam, a Rich Survey of Islamic Art 2010-12-12T11:00:00Z The compound was built by the same Moorish rulers who constructed the Alhambra, and overlooks coastal high rises, the port and the sea, and is a good, tapas-and-wine-burning hike up a mountain. The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The painting, titled "Bomb Damage," was drawn on the last remaining part of a two-story house that was destroyed in the 2014 war between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. Banksy's art in a new West Bank hotel features the world's 'worst view' 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The desire for a strongman ruler to cut through the gridlock of establishment politics has been percolating in the minds of fringe conservatives for some time. Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z It fares less well when it attempts a critique of rulers who reject reality even if it’s a reality they helped create. Review: In ‘Terra Firma,’ a Wee Wet Country on the Brink 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He’s the ruler of Hadestown, an underworld hell where workers toil in his foundries and factories. Review: ‘Hadestown’ Reanimates a Well-Known Myth 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z They developed a rigidly vertical class-based society living in rivalrous city-states and led by rulers who sought guidance from, and closely identified with, a pantheon of nature-based deities. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Rhetorical redundancy aside, Daario has a point: an inexperienced ruler in a foreign land—no matter how gifted—ain’t as intimidating without dragons at her side. Game of Thrones Watch: Dead Lords and Monsters 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z The son of a goddess and a prince, he carried the ancestral burden of begetting a lineage of rulers in a foreign land. Italians avoided pizza for centuries — tourism changed everything 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Fitzer, who now lives in New York, says that Paul encouraged the actors to develop a sense of these legendary rulers and knights as psychologically complex beings, and that helped him find his way. Perspective | Sure Lancelot is dreamy, but ‘Camelot’ owes its success to a wistful audience 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Rather than serving decoratively, every step seems to mean something in Ms. Marston’s storytelling, notably an impressive sequence of repeated acts of childbirth, which economically suggests the difficulties of being wife, mother and ruler. Review: Queen Victoria in Toe Shoes? 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z However, Britain and Spain quickly withdrew as it became clear that French ruler Napoleon III was more interested in overthrowing the new Mexican government. Americans might love Cinco de Mayo, but few know what they’re celebrating 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Catherine the Great’s life has inspired many big screen productions, including the 1934 film “The Scarlet Empress,” in which Marlene Dietrich played the young ruler. This Is Not History’s Catherine the Great 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Stapleton said that while younger artists are taking on issues such as women's rights, westerners should not expect them to outright condemn their rulers. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z Monaco's ruler Prince Albert and his wife Princess Charlene are expecting their first child, they announced on Friday. Monaco royals announce a baby on the way 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z While the title character was probably a parody of Hitler originally, in director Nick Olcott’s English adaptation the megalomaniacal ruler is obsessed with protecting his country’s borders. Review | The In Series aims to make ‘Atlantis’ great again 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Porcelain, lacquerware, scroll painting, silk tapestries and other art forms flourished during the Yuan, established in 1271 by Khubilai Khan, China's first Mongol ruler and grandson of the great conqueror Genghis Khan. NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures of Yuan Dynasty 2010-09-27T09:51:00Z Those same experts also expend a lot of energy explaining how the final Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt and a Hellenistic descendent might also be a Black person. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z If so, might they be ourselves, the rulers of the planet but also its despoilers? Movie Review: Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Visitors’ Is a Slow Parade of Faces 2014-01-23T13:00:01Z When archaeologists excavated Calakmul in the early 20th century, they uncovered the tomb of its greatest ruler, known as Jaguar Claw. The Return of the Jaguar 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z At least two close advisers of the Omani ruler were in Iran. Deal for 2 Americans jailed in Iran hits snag 2011-09-18T11:40:00Z They connected themselves with past rulers and monuments, and they used stories like the one that Thutmose IV told about the dream at the Great Sphinx. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z “I played it for my piano teacher, who slapped me across the wrist with a ruler for playing by ear,” Mitchell, now 76, continues. Remarkable Records of Joni Mitchell’s Changes 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Photographs in the catalog show Ms. Mehretu and her assistants working with rulers and other drafting tools, on paintings surrounded with ladders and scaffolding: the painter as architect. Art Review: ?Julie Mehretu: Grey Area? at the Guggenheim Museum 2010-05-20T21:50:00Z Oliver Cromwell, the English ruler after they chopped off Charles I’s head? When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z On a well-ordered desk, a legal pad topped by a ruler and a pencil sits near the small device with which the artist measured his oxygen level throughout the day. Ellsworth Kelly, Abstract to the End 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z This is Václav Havel, playwright, polemicist and chief engineer of the velvet revolution that drove the communist rulers from Prague. In praise of ? V?clav Havel's new career 2010-08-03T22:47:00Z I was planning on using this ruler to perform surgery on my cat, but now I’m going to have to rethink that. Style Invitational Week 1102: Let’s get Sirius: Think up a new radio channel 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Here comes the man who sees with a yellow ruler.” Dance Review: Watch It Tonight, Consider It Tomorrow 2011-04-21T21:45:17Z At Hereford Cathedral Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar, c1485Mantegna worked for the rulers of Mantua, a small city in north Italy, but here he equates their rule with that of the Caesars. Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z The Germans, who have appointed their own puppet ruler, are fleeing to Berlin. The White Guard | Theatre review 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z The result was a strange dreamscape of a book, Seaward: two children forge their way through the kingdom of Taranis, the sometimes gentle, sometimes savage ruler who personifies death. Susan Cooper: a life in writing 2012-12-21T22:54:02Z The ruler was naturally surprised, but he knew a good person when he met one, and sent Francis safely home. Critic?s Notebook: Alone in the Wilderness and the Spotlight 2011-06-09T23:01:20Z But, as rulers are apt to discover, she also finds herself horribly confined. The Purple Shroud by Stella Duffy - review 2012-07-20T21:55:01Z This fall Broadway will be paid a visit by a future monarch, when “King Charles III,” the Olivier Award-winning speculative play about a paranoid Prince Charles ascending to ruler, opens at the Music Box Theater. 'King Charles III' to Reign on Broadway in October 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The show is divided into four movements that embody the political and psychological forces that ruled the ruler — Strategy, Survival, Prayers and Sovereignty — with a single actress at the center of each one. Review: ‘texts&beheadings/ElizabethR,’ the English Queen in Her Multifaceted Majesty 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “There wasn’t a film industry existing in Sudan — only individual attempts … Sudan’s rulers — communists or Islamists — were not interested in cinema. They just were interested in having artists on their sides,” he said. A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Though the cleaning methods may seem a bit unorthodox, Kelly’s book was written with the “approval” of the nonagenarian ruler, according to People -- a regal stamp of approval if ever there ever was one. Queen Elizabeth's royal diamonds are cleaned with gin, her dressmaker says 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Both periods saw the Rathores, a proud, martial people, resist, yield, and continually jockey for power, with the foreign rulers and with other Rajput territories. Review | ‘Peacock in the Desert’ offers a rare look at Indian art and a royal court 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Bangs that lay straight across your forehead like a ruler. Wigs are my superhero costume 2012-10-12T23:30:00Z “The monument to the ruler also benefits the people.” James Stewart Polshek, Quiet Giant of Modern Architecture, Dies at 92 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z But such physical articulation is revealed to be inseparable from a ruler whose emotionally despotic treatment of Isabella is shown in bold relief. Review: Judi Dench Brings Titania to Life Again 2010-02-23T11:35:00Z He also quotes Adam Smith on the danger of allowing businessmen to become rulers. Review | ‘The Club’ spotlights the stars of 18th-century British culture — and invites some new members 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Henry, after all, is a former playboy who wants desperately to convince his subjects that he’s ready to be a serious ruler. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z The the United Arab Emirates’ seven emirates are overseen by hereditary rulers who hold absolute power. Dubai Denies There Were Plans for an R. Kelly Concert 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z That brings her into conflict with Creon, a ruler desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war. Eccleston cast in National play 2012-02-14T10:37:33Z From her very first scene, she’s been seen as a conqueror and a ruler, and the true heir to the Iron Throne. Murder is coming! Every death match we demand from Game of Thrones 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan vetoed a bill to impose sanctions on the South African government, even as world powers applied pressure on Pretoria’s white rulers and the “Free Mandela” cause swept the globe. The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela 2013-12-12T12:35:00Z They defended Ms. Babanazarova, the granddaughter of a former ruler of the region, as the collection’s stalwart protector. Director at Uzbekistan Museum Is Dismissed and Accused of Crimes 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z There is about most of his performances, whether as rulers or slaves, a rough, down-to-earth quality. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z And he took a job as painter-propagandist for Napoleon Bonaparte, an absolutist ruler of the kind he once opposed. Art Review: ?Drawings From the Louvre? at the Morgan Library - Review 2011-09-29T21:30:26Z He was born a prince, Siddhartha, in the sixth century B.C., the son of a tribal ruler, in a place called Lumbini, near the border of India and Nepal. Art Review | 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art': On the Road With Seekers at the Asia Society 2010-03-18T23:04:00Z In the mind of many Egyptians he is associated with Egypt's modern corrupt rulers rather than the great pharaohs of ancient times. Sacking Zahi Hawass is a sign of Egypt's ongoing revolution 2011-07-22T07:00:00Z And as Ripley and Newt run away from the discombobulated alien ruler, she throws all of her grenades into the flames behind her. Ripley burns it all down: On “Aliens” and the dangers of dismissing women’s rage 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The real ruler was the Sheikh’s half-brother, who began calling the shots a few years earlier and nurtured a relationship with Iran, which sits 40 miles across the Persian Gulf at the Strait of Hormuz. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z I was 13 when I took a wooden ruler, the kind meant to be wielded by a grimacing nun, and pressed one end against my crotch. Women obsess over the size of their privates, too 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Walking by the church in the afternoon, I felt as if nothing had changed since the days of the last woman among the Hapsburg rulers. Overnighter: In Bratislava, Slovakia, a Chance to Enjoy Local Flavors Without the Crowds ? Overnighter 2012-03-02T23:25:20Z According to National Geographic, the Talmud, a Jewish holy text, states that Hanukkah acknowledges the Maccabean revolt the Hebrews led against the Hellenistic influence that was being imposed by Greco-Syrian Seleucid rulers. How people celebrate Hanukkah around the world 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z She reads those frescos as a cutting commentary on the rulers up in Rome: The heroes have turned into apes. Book World: Mary Beard’s “Laughter in Ancient Rome” reveals history of humor A two-season commitment means "African Queens" has a second opportunity to do so . . . although reportedly that run is devoted to that superstar of Egyptian rulers . . . sigh . With "African Queens: Njinga" a previously overlooked history spectacularly springs into action 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The broadcast was generally considered a huge success, allowing the nation’s rulers to appear in the living rooms of ordinary people, and their subjects to feel more connected with them. ‘The Crown’ and the Appeal of a Royal TV Interview 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z O’Rourke added that, “In sequels, Oz’s true ruler … turns out to be a girl named Ozma, who spent her youth under a spell — one that turned her into a hapless boy.” Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z Do you think Dany’s learned from her failure as a ruler last season? Emilia Clarke on her 'Game of Thrones' Emmy nomination and acting against Drogon 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It is about a 1930 aboriginal uprising against Taiwan's Japanese rulers. Historical epic is hope of Taiwan film industry 2011-08-22T11:31:04Z More than 100 artifacts — 50 from the tomb of the boy-king — will be displayed, including Tut's golden sandals and the ornate funeral mask of another ancient Egyptian ruler. Tutankhamun exhibit to arrive in Seattle in May 2012 2010-04-15T04:31:00Z He knows the Emperor is jealous of House Atriedes' popularity and deduces his ruler is walking him into a trap. "Dune" is the masterful adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic we've been waiting for 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Princess Charlene, 43, who is married to Monaco’s ruler, Prince Albert II, has been on an extended stay in her home country of South Africa. Palace says Princess Charlene of Monaco’s health ‘stable’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The latest buzz is the debut of two five-star hotels, both connected to the Nizam family, rulers of Hyderabad for the two centuries before India’s independence. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z People began to see themselves as “rulers of nature, gods over the earth,” he argues, which led to the development of agriculture. Reza Aslan’s ‘God: A Human History’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z At the end of the series, after our young heroes have defeated the Tripod rulers, Will notices troubling political developments: renewed tribalism, authoritarianism, and nationalism among some members of the resistance. An Early Dystopian Trilogy About Resistance—and What Comes After 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The free-form nature of jazz music made it particularly suspect to the country’s authoritarian rulers. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z He succeeded in uniting Hindus and Muslims in the service of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious state, promoting Hindus in his civil service, marrying Hindu princesses and entrusting his army to the Rajput ruler of Jaipur. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z An extra $2 will buy you a train ride on a track that circles the museum and a history lesson about Boxcar Betty, one-time ruler of Green Bay’s hobo community. 36 Hours in Green Bay, Wis. 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Iran's hardline Islamist rulers often accuse the United States and other Western countries of seeking to overthrow clerical rule through a "soft" or "velvet" revolution with the help of foreign satellite channels and Internet websites. Satellite TV news, serials widen Iranian-Arab gulf 2011-12-14T14:11:39Z Political cartoons in Doha depict Gulf Arab rulers as in thrall of their supposed American masters. Friends become foes as Gulf rift bursts into pop culture 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Britain's rulers were constantly in deficit as they made endless wars. Defenders of the state: why we should care about army cuts 2010-10-04T13:45:00Z I once asked Johns why the ruler was in the 7 o’clock position. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The novel ends with Justinian and Theodora being acclaimed new rulers of the empire. The Purple Shroud by Stella Duffy - review 2012-07-20T21:55:01Z For Tynan, Olivier miraculously succeeded in holding our interest by zeroing in on "the anguish of the de facto ruler who dares not admit that he lacks the essential qualities of kinship." 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z In outsourcing his willingness to swing the sword, to paraphrase another doomed ruler, Logan leaves himself vulnerable to dethroning — not by outsiders, but by the nearest who fear and loathe him most. "Succession" ends its second season with a killer instinct 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z "They have no idea that Marco Polo was basically adopted as a son by Kublai Khan, the most powerful ruler on Earth, the grandson of Genghis Khan," Fusco said. 'Marco Polo' brings the court of Kublai Khan to Netflix 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Years later, when the fishermen were brought to the ruler for punishment, Kamehameha instead pardoned them, claiming it was a mistake for him to attack innocents. Much more than a tropical paradise: This new travel guide will ‘decolonize’ the way you look at Hawaii 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z His imaginary world – an enclosed, decadent, opaque society that burrowed and wormed amid a tottering gothic city-castle that was falling in ruins even as its rulers schemed – was an intensely visual creation. Gormenghast author Mervyn Peake: master of the dark arts 2011-07-15T13:23:09Z The ruler is made to look like a scraping device that has removed pigment from the canvas. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Recreating the role she played — to critical acclaim — in London in 2016, Ms. Jackson portrays Shakespeare’s ruler, brought low by his daughters and his own arrogance. 72 Plays and Musicals to See This Fall and Beyond 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But another portrait, this one of the ruler’s young daughter Giulia, has been cited by some scholars, who point to the child’s black facial features, as confirmation of Alessandro’s ethnic heritage. Art Review: ‘African Presence in Renaissance Europe,’ at Walters Museum 2012-11-08T20:30:57Z Caesar is either a heroic, benevolent ruler or tyrant; Brutus is either a patriot or assassin. Julius Caesar in our times 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Titled “Weapon,” it consists of a three-sided ruler attached to a rock by a wrist watch’s metal bracelet. Two Critics Sample the Frieze Art Fair 2014-05-09T23:47:01Z As Seneca said, “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z An ancient Chinese ruler known as the Muddle-Headed Marquis was buried with a bronze mirror trimmed in paintings of fierce beasts, which he was convinced would bring prosperity and “dispel evil and inauspiciousness.” 4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Once that was no longer exclusive, everything else in the relationship between the ruler and the public was up for negotiation. Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The kilts, for example, recall 19th-century Scottish immigrants to South Africa, while the pith helmets on some of the men, along with the uniform soccer socks, are a nod to former British rulers. T Magazine: Zwelethu Mthethwa's 'Brave Ones' 2013-01-31T14:00:59Z We never meet said Prince, who it seems is only a decorative and empty-headed puppet of the true rulers of the realm. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Amoral Clarity 2011-07-18T15:23:00Z “Emperor,” performed here in English, tells of Emperor Overall, a maniacal ruler who, regarding himself as nearly divine, declares war on all of humanity and claims that Death will be his standard-bearer. Music Review: Oppressor?s Tale, Written in Oppression 2011-02-02T23:08:54Z The cast's references to Germany's new Nazi rulers are playfully teasing, more amused than alarmed, and quite oblivious to any menace. Stephen Poliakoff on Dancing on the Edge: 'I can come across as arrogant' 2013-01-27T18:00:01Z "I will fight for you. I will fight for the North. When you bend the knee," she told Jon, prompting him to insist that his people wouldn't accept a southern ruler. Tiny Game of Thrones Detail May Signal Major Shift in Jon and Daenerys' Relationship 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The stories he’s told — of a hungry falcon testing the magnanimity of a ruler, of a snake denying guilt after having bitten a child — speak to antiquity’s comprehension of the crucial qualities of enlightened leadership. Review | The remarkable ‘Battlefield’ speaks softly, and profoundly 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z What distinguishes his writing from others’ is his presence in the slums, factories and homes where Egyptians first began questioning their relations with their rulers. High fliers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Sometimes it's funny that it sounds as if it's an illegitimate tradition, but it goes back - the Greeks did plays about ancient rulers. Oliver Stone tackles modern history in new series 2012-11-21T21:52:08Z The collection seemed to have been worked out with a pen and ink, square and ruler, for perfect precision. Special Report: No Operatic Shout From the Heart 2010-09-24T18:06:00Z A word about Bilquis before going further: Her better-known moniker is the Queen of Sheba, a ruler who appears in Judeo-Christian texts as well as the Koran and Ethiopian legends. A valentine from "American Gods" goddess of love: Permission to own your power 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Queen Mary, whom Elizabeth I succeeded, had more need to legitimize herself because, as Dr. Cleland noted in an interview, “there was so little precedent for a single female ruler.” In the Lives of the Tudors, Hints of the Present-Day Monarchy 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The real figure of historical interest in “Décadence” is the Empress Dowager Cixi, the de facto ruler of the Middle Kingdom for 47 years. Books: Memoir (or Is It?) of Sex and Opium 2011-03-30T12:00:05Z There’s not a clear-cut answer, which is what makes being a just ruler so difficult. “Game of Thrones” politics: Is a fair and just ruler possible for Westeros? 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z As the last of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, Cleopatra was “Egyptian” only to a point. Review | From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar: how Egypt influenced Greece and Rome 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z This was the first ruler, they observed, "to depend on the eloquence of someone else". What makes a great speech? 2011-02-26T00:07:28Z Yet Brooke’s determination to wean the locals from slavery and headhunting is given an assist when a grateful Sultan appoints him the region’s ruler. ‘Edge of the World’ Review: The Man Who Agreed to be King 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Why, for example, is ousting the rulers of Iran even today deemed a good idea in some quarters? Where Does American Foreign Policy Go From Here? 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z A husband executes his wife on the flimsiest evidence of infidelity, and corruption invades the highest places so that rulers use authority for sexual advantage. One Thousand and One Nights ? review 2011-08-22T12:34:36Z His incorporation of sculptural elements and everyday objects — wires, rulers, tableware — also spurred other artists to break down the remaining lines between painting and sculpture. Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: Blockbuster exhibition reveals a brilliant but bleak legacy 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Historians say the bride and the horse figures appeared at the time of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, one of the rulers of Egypt during the Fatimid era, when marriages often occurred to coincide with the celebrations. Sweet and sour: price rises hit seasonal Egyptian candies 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Bronzino foregrounds the ruler's right arm, inflating the forearm as it cantilevers across his chest to take possession of his helmet. Bronzino's Medici portraits ? review 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z An emotionally fraught transition from one regime to the next, with no clear-cut successor to the previous ruler. Books of The Times: Abrupt Regime Change in Egypt Is Nothing New. Just Ask Thutmose III. 2011-03-28T22:49:02Z The world has found no way to halt a year of bloodshed since many Syrians rose against Assad in what has proved the longest and bloodiest of Arab revolts against entrenched rulers. U.N. aid chief seeks access to battered Syrian city 2012-03-07T13:18:06Z They were cherished by rulers all over Europe, who frequently exchanged them as diplomatic gifts, and by succeeding generations of the high and mighty, including the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z Their nefarious rulers and eventful politics volunteer themselves for parody, yet the lurid reality often outpaces satire and renders invention superfluous. I witness 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The event left Japan’s rulers awe-struck and its countrymen inspired to worship the volcano as a god. Hiking in a Forest Born Out of Mount Fuji’s Lava 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z One protester, Maziar Baniasadiba, said about the country’s current rulers, “They give this concert because they want to say they love peace, and they try to hide what they really do, but they can’t hide.” 2010-02-03T21:58:00Z Others view it as a regional sectarian war between Muslims, fuelled by the proxy conflict between Iran’s Shia rulers on one side and on the other the Sunni states of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. Divided country, divided narratives 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z What to buy Basics – a rotary cutter, cutting mat and a decent ruler – start at about £30. The V&A has quilts all stitched up 2010-03-17T21:35:00Z Oronte, son of the ruler of Antioch, doesn't appear until the second of four acts, and by Act 3 he's been mortally wounded. Rising tenor Fabiano tackles early Verdi 2013-04-05T14:03:11Z Wotan, the ruler of the gods — Michael Volle, the production’s high point as a commanding baritone and actor of remarkable range — oversees a kingdom of inquiry into the human mind. Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’ 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The song remains the same: Jah Rastafari is Earth's rightful ruler, whatever the cardinals decide. Smoke signals from the Vatican spell hellfire from reggae's stars 2013-03-14T17:20:45Z It makes of the Guggenheim spiral a vortex suffused with consciousness of life’s supreme ruler, in both its quotidian daily unfolding and its enveloping, almost incomprehensible grandeur. The Guggenheim Shows First On Kawara Retrospective 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z He always carried a six-inch ruler in his pocket, explaining that architecture was about measure and scaling the building to the human body. Michael McKinnell, 84, Dies; Architect of a Monumental City Hall 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z What he wanted to do was to advise a ruler on how to acquire a princedom and hang on to it. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z The day after his father died, he returned to the emirate, only to be arrested at the palace under orders of the half-brother, now the emirate’s acknowledged ruler by U.A.E. leaders. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z Anthony Newley – That Noise Joan Collins's ex's smash – also from 1962 – that features a rhythm track constructed from a duck call, a bubble bursting and a ruler vibrating on a table. Readers recommend: Songs with great opening lines 2010-03-26T00:01:00Z An adjoining room contains objects used by rulers or dynasties to assert their wealth and visually distinguish themselves from others. Reimagining the Divine Art of Asia at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z There are indeed differences between a just and unjust ruler. “Game of Thrones” politics: Is a fair and just ruler possible for Westeros? 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z It seems that royal history in Britain is focused so relentlessly on a few stellar rulers that even the royal family longs for something more unexpected. Royal blue: paintings show the monarchy's ruder side 2012-06-05T13:18:02Z The city where the Reconquista finally drove the last Muslim rulers from power is where Ferdinand and Isabella chose to be buried. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z "Politics should be directed as the great sages long ago insisted: to the well-being of the people, not the power of the rulers." World Happiness Report reveals the US has gotten happier in 2022 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z For India’s Muslim rulers and their tomb gardens, native Hindu motifs were merged with Arabesque geometry and the floral patterns of local temples transposed with Koranic calligraphy. Review | A look at some of the most beautiful gardens in the world 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Rubens was about 35 and just entering a period of great productivity, thanks to patronage from the court of Archduke Albert and his wife, Isabella, rulers of the Netherlands. Peter Paul Rubens was a brilliant sensationalist 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z I finally found a ruler, one I had kept from years before, which featured all the NBA Western Conference team logos on it. Measure of my manhood 2012-12-29T00:30:00Z Yet the eventual collapse of many of these countries into civil strife did not unseat rulers so much as tighten their grasp. Burning down their house 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z This “logic of rebellion” led the founders not only to defy their colonial rulers, but to envision “America’s destiny in the context of world history,” Bailyn wrote. Eminent scholar of early U.S., Bernard Bailyn, dies at 97 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z President Karimov is regarded as one of the most repressive rulers in the region, with a tattered human-rights record, and the singer drew international condemnation for agreeing to perform. ArtsBeat: Sting Cancels Concert in Kazakhstan After Crackdown on Strikers 2011-07-05T17:34:34Z She looked like the ruler of an entire galaxy. The Oscars Red Carpet: Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z An island of 23 million people 100 miles off the southeast coast of mainland China, Taiwan has seen the arrival of Portuguese sailors, Spanish and Dutch colonizers, Chinese rulers and Japanese colonialists. Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre heads to L.A. with force of nature 'Rice' 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The thought that those years of Bill's nagging and exasperated "Soookehs!" might have just been lead up to his becoming a power-crazed ruler makes me very excited. "True Blood" recap: Good Eric, bad Bill 2011-07-11T05:01:00Z She continued: “When they see me on their schedule, they think I’m going to be an old white woman with a ruler — strict and mean,” Ms. Williams said. A Champion, a Critic, a Therapist: Dyana Williams Is Hip-Hop’s Artist Whisperer 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The cup was blocking the path of the ruler, signifying that time was up. Seeing Double With Jasper Johns 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Monaco's ruler, Prince Albert, and Princess Charlene married in July 2011 in a lavish ceremony in the principality, the playground of the rich known for its Grand Prix car race and 19th century casino. It's a boy and a girl for Monaco royal couple 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z We must stop him, she told the ruler of the Amazons, a.k.a. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The presence of female rulers in this exhibition reflects new scholarship; recent excavations reveal that women as well as men of the South American cultures wore facial ornaments and were honored with elaborate burials. At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z What if the Roman Empire — with all its decadence, corruption and power-grabbing rulers left unchecked by an oddly docile Senate — never really ended? In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z And anyway, who says cooking frozen chips or testing the limits of a shatterproof ruler isn't action? Him and Her: box set review 2013-02-21T17:09:36Z Act II: I can only hope that our new ruler @ThaneOfCawdor strengthens this country, not himself. Style Invitational Week 1366: Tour de Fours XVI — the LIAR club 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to be measured on a different ruler. I mean, I’ve been doing this a long time.” Sculpting With Bodies at American Ballet Theater 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Flashpoints and internecine fighting creates instability within the government that controls the Japanese West Coast, which finds itself at odd with the desires of its imperial ruler. Finally, "The Man in the High Castle" fascist fantasy ends amidst America’s sobering reality 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z When the “ruler of kings” came for him he was lying on his left shoulder, mouth agape, his body hollowed out by a failing liver. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Muhammad Ali Jinnah, its first ruler, moaned that his country was “maimed and moth eaten”. Divide and rue 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z It was an ingenious tactic, laced with threatening ambiguity and predicated on his subjects’ sexual propriety, and Wascom is just as ingenious in reimagining the kind of military ruler who would devise such an order. ‘Secessia’ is Kent Wascom’s vivid portrait of 1862 New Orleans 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Yesterday, Neil MacGregor was talking about powerful rulers and how they project an enduring, masterful image. A History of the World in 100 Objects 2010-05-18T05:45:00Z I spent countless hours, belly on the floor, struggling with my math homework, pressing mechanical pencil to ruler. How ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Helps to Heal Generational Trauma 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile UAE newspapers show depictions of Qatar’s peninsular outline wearing the black turban of Iran’s theocratic rulers, or shaped like a squid with tentacles smothering the whole Arabian Peninsula. Friends become foes as Gulf rift bursts into pop culture 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z These are, as they say in Sicily, excellent cadavers – the mummies of some of ancient Egypt's greatest rulers. Egypt's museums must be defended 2011-01-31T12:03:29Z The story concerns a quest by two Indians to build an airplane and to show the British rulers of India — “A monkey can’t make a machine!” one says — what their subjects can do. ‘Hawaizaada’ Depicts Indian Aviation Pioneers 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z And the Zayed National Museum, lionizing a former ruler, designed by Norman Foster and created with the British Museum as a consultant, is expected to open its doors in 2016. Inside Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “The more knowledge that a ruler could collect about the world, the more control he was perceived to have over his realm,” Mr. Koeppe wrote. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In Plato’s dialogue, the “guardians” are put through a rigorous philosophical training, not least on the assumption that they will also be the rulers of an ideally just society. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC and served as the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was founded by a Macedonian Greek general named Ptolemy I Soter. Netflix accused of "Blackwashing" docudrama "Queen Cleopatra" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A military leader or ruler, he wears a tasseled hat, rides a caparisoned mount, and is accompanied by dozens of smaller figures, a sculptural demographic of Kajola’s citizenry. Bamigboye, Nigeria’s Tour-de-Force Sculptor, Claims His Fame in the World 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z What is difficult for me is the dislike of, more than the ability to use, rulers and compasses. Drawing lines: Q&A with Dinosaur Cove illustrator Mike Spoor 2013-02-15T12:12:10Z Atop Knocknarea, a loose stone pile 33 by 180 feet and rising perhaps 40 feet, is said to be the grave of Queen Maeve, mythic goddess and ruler of Ireland. Climbing the summits of Irish literature Discord will recur throughout the cycle, as traditional ideas of kingship and the rights of rulers evolve under the pressure of more modern ideas about the responsibilities of sovereigns to their subjects. Review: Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘King and Country’ at BAM 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z But many of his people saw him as a benevolent ruler who kept peaceful co-existence of diverse ethnicities. Montenegro unveils monument of ex-Yugoslav communist leader Tito 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z In the middle ages, this was a land of gold-rich rulers and marketplaces that connected Africa with the Mediterranean world across the Sahara. Will anyone save Timbuktu from Islamist tomb raiders? 2012-07-02T11:56:11Z My strongest memories from 1965 were of Granada’s Alhambra, the sprawling 14th-century palace and gardens built for the Muslim rulers of Andalusia. 50 years later, a man relives scenes from his youth in southern Spain 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z He was indefinitely detained without a trial because he dared to write a play about the complicity of Kenya’s rulers in the plundering of the country. A Kenyan Writer and Dissident on His Year in Prison 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He had big plans for a new sacristy for the interment of his family, including his father, Lorenzo the Magnificent, the powerful ruler of Florence who largely bankrolled the Renaissance. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The epic about a 1930 aboriginal uprising against Taiwan's Japanese rulers is currently up for best feature film at the Venice Film Festival. Historical epic film gets rare honor in Taiwan 2011-09-03T03:11:09Z My favourite one is of Tom pretending his ruler is a gun in the playground. How Brave Is That? by Anne Fine – review 2013-07-06T08:00:00Z Indeed, the rulers’ own penchant for black Mercedes stretch limousines sparked no small amount of comment in what was then mostly a nation of bicyclists. Noted: In China, ‘Audi’ Means ‘Big Shot’ 2012-11-16T22:24:21Z Naomi Campbell testified before a war crimes tribunal Thursday that she had received some "dirty-looking stones" after a 1997 dinner party with former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor. Model tells court: Not clear gift was diamonds 2010-08-05T12:50:00Z Its rulers were called Dauphins, until the impecunious Dauphin Humbert II sold his holdings to the King of France in 1349, when the title fell to the king’s eldest son. Le Dauphiné, a French Region With a History Both Ancient and Personal 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The mosque in Munich was finally financed by the new ruler of Libya, Col. 'A Mosque in Munich': Agents of influence turn a German mosque into a center of radical Islam 2010-06-02T22:45:00Z Just weeks after the attacks, U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan to topple that country's Taliban rulers who had harbored the al Qaeda leaders responsible for the September 11 attacks. Americans mark 10th anniversary of attacks 2011-09-11T13:00:00Z Another tells of a ruler with a vast cybernetic military who laments the absence of enemies on which to use it, and so builds an equally vast cybernetic enemy against which to fight. The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Theater folks feel like the Marvel and “Star Wars” nerds of yore, before they became the de facto rulers of popular culture. For a Broadway Torn by a Pandemic, a Split-Personalities Tonys 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Under an absolute ruler, the answer is any or all of the above. Review: Welcome to ‘Versailles’ for Music in the King’s Apartments 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The warm yellows and oranges of some of Pida’s paintings evoke the region’s desert palette, but most of her work seems inspired not by her homeland but by its rulers. In the galleries: Art that’s coolly conceived, rigorously made 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z He had no real royal lineage, no true heroic exploits – but none of that mattered if he was to be an effective ruler. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z This year's Black List ranking of hot screenplays features a colorful mix of projects -- about the 18th century Russian ruler Catherine the Great, the O.J. Black List 2014 scripts tackle Russian monarch, O.J. trial, nerdy teen 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Delta Air Lines discontinued its financial support for the Public Theater on Sunday amid intense criticism of the theater’s production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” which depicts the assassination of a Trump-like Roman ruler. Et Tu, Delta? Airline Drops Sponsorship Over Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’ 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z We have to be the rulers of change of that. Mae Whitman on being your Y2K dream girl in musical rom-com "Up Here": "I'm such a '90s fanatic" 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z As the “Making Marvels” curator, Wolfram Koeppe, writes in the catalogue: “The more knowledge that a ruler could collect about the world, the more control he was perceived to have over his realm.” Review | The Met is the world’s greatest art museum. Three under-the-radar shows confirm it — again. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Of course, this imperious ruler cites a particular rune when it serves him and simply ignores those that prove inconvenient. Power and Love: What We Can All Learn From Wagner’s ‘Ring’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He is currently writing, directing and producing a film about Boabdil, the last Muslim ruler of Granada, Spain. Banderas in global poverty fight 2010-03-18T12:10:00Z I think it measured 4 by 6 inches, though I can’t be certain of the exact dimensions because I had no ruler to confirm. Cake and death: Why we need to get together and talk about dying 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The other events were either directed against a colonial power or were military coups, leaving the Arab rulers and their colonial allies with the impression that occupation was immune to popular anger. After Tunisia: Tamim Al-Barghouti on Palestine 2011-01-28T13:00:04Z Clea later emerges as the new ruler of the Dark Dimension and the newfound Sorcerer Supreme after attaining some serious sorcery skills from her predecessor. A closer look at Clea, Charlize Theron's magical "Doctor Strange" MCU character 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z And the children in these offerings are repeatedly depicted as the bratty, tyrannical rulers of their enslaved progenitors. No Kids for Me, Thanks 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z His character is a ruler in search of a queen whose blood will bring life to the demonic minions of a long-lost god. "Conan" books "G.I. Joe" actor 2010-03-15T06:19:00Z Maybe they were wives of rulers, like Marie-Louise, or maybe they were artists, like Madame Tussaud. Book Talk: The tale of Napoleon's second wife 2012-11-15T12:27:03Z Its storytellers, scientists, artists and scholars, perched at the crossroads of Eurasia, left marks as deep as those of the cruellest rulers. A history of violence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The designs ranged from crude X’s to portraits of rulers, animals and goddesses that are detailed down to individual feathers and chandelier earrings. Antiques: Anti-Semitic Artifacts, New York History and Greek Coins 2011-12-22T23:04:32Z “I personally believe that if people in such countries learn that some musicians refuse to play there because they are dismayed by what their rulers do, that will make intelligent-thinking people more aware,” he said. Evgeny Kissin Will Indulge His Love of Yiddish Poetry at Carnegie Hall 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Instead, he notes, a ruler has "real-life problems to deal with." "Game of Thrones" fans are wrong about Tyrion Lannister 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The Hanukkah story goes something like this: A tyrannical ruler was oppressing the Jews. The best chicken breast recipe you’ve never heard of 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The current set-up is mainly thematic, exploring topics such as rulers, daily life and ancient gods. Getty Museum hires Jeffrey Spier, Davide Gasparotto as senior curators 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Rudolf, for his part, is immediately smitten — and hopelessly so, for the next day he must trade places with Ruritania’s rightful ruler and the beautiful Flavia will then be just a sweet memory. Review | The most romantic novel you’ve never read 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Gambia’s tourism industry was hit especially hard in 2017, when its longtime authoritarian ruler Yahya Jammeh refused to cede leadership after a shocking election loss, forcing a political standoff that brought foreign troops in. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The same thuggish visage would appear on Pergamene coins for more than a century, as successive rulers honored the founder of their dynasty. A Show About the Hellenistic One Per Cent 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Its founder, the musically inclined ruler Frederick the Great, was involved in the casting and costumes for some productions. Berlin’s State Opera Has Served Kings, Presidents and Dictators. Now What? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z She has herself told me that she lives exactly like the deposed ruler of some insignificant Balkan nation, whom the new regime has decided not to bother shooting. Home alone: A New Year unlike any other, tinged with grief and loneliness — and hope 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z His unlikely trajectory from backroom KGB apparatchik to unchallenged, quasi-despotic ruler of a troubled superpower was without question a reaction to something, or more accurately to a long series of somethings. Oliver Stone’s Putin puzzle: An evil genius who made history, or a shrewd, small-minded nonentity? 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z You play the ruler of a kingdom; as your subjects inform you of goings on in your kingdom, you swipe left or right to pick a response, choose-your-own-adventure style. The Best Time-Wasting of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z In the painting, the great ruler shows up in the provinces, somewhere along a rain-swollen Yellow River, to ceremonially review a flood prevention project. Chinese Landscapes at the Met: If Those Mountains Could Talk 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z But the Habsburg who defined Europe in the Renaissance was Charles V, who in the 16th century became ruler of Spain and its American possessions and was elected Holy Roman Emperor. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z Their host, Herod, the local Roman ruler, greets them and asks what brings them so far from their native lands in Asia and Africa. Art Review: ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ at Museum of Biblical Art 2012-08-10T04:40:08Z Technically, it was illegal to portray a living monarch onstage at all, as rulers feared that the portrayals would not be flattering. For Shakespeare, the Trump-stabbing “Caesar” would be business as usual 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z First, Scheherazade holds a mirror up to Sultan Shahryar, giving him one example after another of princely conduct — and misconduct — according to the medieval genre of handbooks for rulers. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It also showed the dismayingly crazed attitudes of a foreign ruler possessing both nuclear ambitions and a lucrative reservoir of the world's oil – a truth which his own subjects would rarely be allowed to see. WikiLeaks: Strained relation, accusation ? and crucial revelations 2011-01-31T20:00:01Z Much of today’s popular historical fiction about the rulers of the Middle Ages is read by women who are primarily interested in the lives and problems of women. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z The Hollywood Reporter said: “Barney owes us more inspired imagery in exchange for six hours of lives that we are not likely to wrest back from the rulers of the Underworld.” Matthew Barney’s Most Punishing Tour: ‘River of Fundament’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z All of which, he admits, sounds like motherhood and apple pie, but he offers it as a challenge to the more conventional approach to history that focuses on the rulers rather than the ruled. Pride of place 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z He then marries his victim’s grieving widow, and becomes a ruthless ruler also. In eSe Teatro production, ‘Oedipus’ gets an L.A. makeover | Theater review 2012-12-10T22:17:46Z Seeing history in terms of dynasties and epochs, China's rulers attach no special significance to the revolutions of the past few centuries. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z With their neat figures and confident smiles, the Old Kingdom ruler Mycerinus and his queen, in a renowned carved portrait, looked like friends of my parents arriving for cocktails, straight from a spaceship. 2010-01-15T06:06:00Z Ma Thida said, referring to business people with connections to the former military rulers. Freedom brings new challenges for Myanmar writers 2013-02-05T13:08:12Z |
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