empire
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Characterized as “myths,” for example, were the age-old beliefs that Native Americans mistook the conquistadors for gods, and that a mere handful of Spaniards toppled great empires with ease.
The family made sure that statue was an accurate representation of Jackson, and they thought an early version made him look like Earl Scheib, the guy who built the discount car-painting empire.
From Los Angeles Times
The sales included some of Berkshire’s stock in Apple, a holding Buffett has referred to as one of Berkshire’s four giants along with the firm’s insurance empire, its massive energy business and BNSF.
Analysis suggested some possibly dated back to as far as 430AD - about the time the Roman empire was collapsing.
From BBC
By the accession of Leopold II in 1790, an empire based on a “feudal hierarchy of status” found itself in the age of Romantic nationalism, democracy and “enlightened ridicule.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
