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The monarchs of the old world didn't have a concept of DNA, but they did have a concept of birthright.
Now, monarchs are extremely famous for their spectacular migrations from the U.S. and Canada down to Mexico every year, where millions of them come together, but it's not why I started studying them.
I study monarchs because they get sick.
As part of my job, I spend a lot of time in the greenhouse growing plants, and the reason for this is that monarchs are extremely picky eaters.
They're toxic to most animals, but not to monarchs.
In fact, monarchs can take up the chemicals, put it in their own bodies, and it makes them toxic against their predators, such as birds.
And then I fed them to monarchs.
Some of the monarchs were healthy.
But some of the monarchs were sick, and what I found is that some of these milkweeds are medicinal, meaning they reduce the disease symptoms in the monarch butterflies, meaning these monarchs can live longer when they are infected when feeding on these medicinal plants.
What we do is we put a monarch in a big cage, a medicinal plant on one side, a non-medicinal plant on the other side, and then we measure the number of eggs that the monarchs lay on each plant.
What we find is that the monarchs strongly prefer the medicinal milkweed.
But what these experiments tell us is that these monarchs, these mothers, can lay their eggs on medicinal milkweed that will make their future offspring less sick.
Neighboring countries' monarchs feared they would share the fate of Louis XVI, and attacked the New Republic, while at home, extremism and mistrust between factions lead to bloodshed.
Our enlightened monarchs have worked tirelessly to develop our country, balancing economic growth carefully with social development, environmental sustainability and cultural preservation, all within the framework of good governance.
But his lasting notoriety comes from a brief political essay known as The Prince, framed as advice to current and future monarchs.
The author had served in his native Florence for 14 years as a diplomat, staunchly defending its elected republican government against would-be monarchs.
It's hard to find an outright bad historical drama that's based on the life of any number of British monarchs.
Just when it was easy to assume that a costume drama about royalty couldn't go anywhere, we are given a treat, a moving and intelligent drama anchored by strong and charismatic performances by Emily Blunt, a marvel in the leading role, Paul Bettany, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, and Mark Strong, as the immediate forces that help shape the development of one of England's most powerful monarchs.
King Menem's FarewellLike ancient monarchs, Latin American caudillos believe they have been granted lifetime powers.
Moreover, over the years, Yeltsin was as mercurial as the worst of Russia’s monarchs in shifting his "boyars" in and out the "royal" circle.
Bhutan’s economy of agriculture and monastic life remained self-sufficient, poor, and isolated until recent decades, when a series of remarkable monarchs began to guide the country toward technological modernization (roads, power, modern health care, and education), international trade (notably with neighboring India), and political democracy.
France’s elected monarchs have few reasons to be proud of their supposedly efficient state.
The difference is, of course, that most modern kings and queens are constitutional monarchs with no political power.
And, given monarchs’s typical lack of any substantial governmental expertise, attempting to reason with them would only expose their ignorance, aggravate their insecurity, and often lead to a courtier’s fall.
During World War II, European monarchs kept a sense of hope and unity alive among their subjects under Nazi occupation.
If monarchs can teach their subjects to do so, then let us give at least one cheer for the remaining kings and queens.
Some Arab monarchs have pledged to bankroll the US attack – an investment that they would easily recover, given that the war talk has already increased oil prices.
For Tocqueville, the grab for centralized power by the absolutist Bourbon monarchs, followed by the French Revolution and Napoleon’s Empire, had destroyed the good with the bad in France’s neo-feudal order.
To be sure, monarchs – and especially their spouses, heirs, and relations – often carve out niches for themselves, from wildlife protection to sports and charities.
Traditional monarchs still have broad powers of appointment and decree.
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