Because most Maya city-states were small and inherently weak, Mayanists say, kings typically had to resort to such ceremonial strategies to help justify and maintain their power.
Around the standing king are small, somewhat impish, figures shinnying up or descending an angular branch-like form.
Revisionism revived Too many targets Animal crackers Nostalgic Nepal ReprintsThere are small signs that the king may have been influenced by these arguments.
The cast of major characters may be small or large, clowns or kings.
If Sprewell got the best of Christie, who fouled out with three minutes left in the third quarter, it was small consolation to the way the Kings 57-199) walled all over the Knicks 29-477).
The food, by Phillip Kirschen-Clark, formerly of Vandaag, will be small plates like Negroni-flavored oysters, king crab rolls and pork fried rice, all designed to pair with cocktails, Champagnes, sparkling wines and homemade sodas.
So happy that waiting a few weeks and paying a small king's ransom was neither here nor there.
Below the king were a small number of dukes (usually descended from very close relatives of the king) and earls, who formed the senior nobility.
The heightened tensions almost certainly played a part in the 911 call from the hotel in the town of Avon, which, despite its proximity to Cleveland and its world-famous hospitals that have long treated Arab royalty, including Saudi and Jordanian kings, is a small town of about 22,000 people.
