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July 9, 1984

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THE KING AND HIS CHILDREN

REPORTER AT LARGE about Morocco. King Hassan II is a sovereign of unmitigated omnipotence who has seven palaces. This nation of 21 million is the …

E. J. Kahn, "The King and His Children": dynastic succession examined, power and inheritance traced.

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The Original Olympiads

OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS about the first Olympic Games in Greece. A while ago, the writer and his wife travelled to the site, in Olympia, of the …

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