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Turning point in Thailand: Queen's brush with protest
Royalists denounced it as unforgivable harassment in a kingdom whose constitution demands reverence for the monarchy.
Fri Oct 23 2020
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Nik Aziz, as we remember him (1931 - 2015)
Amongst PAS supporters, Nik Abdul Aziz is held in awe and treated with great reverence. They hold him in such an elevated position that whatever he says; many almost consider fatwa (religious edict).
Fri Feb 13 2015
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Alice Munro: Her subject is 'simply life itself'
There's almost certainly no living writer who inspires quite the reverence among readers and writers that Munro does.
Sun Oct 13 2013