He has the moral authority to be able to enforce that. In the absence of this 14th Dalai Lama ... I think the picture would be much more uncertain.

When your absence has the authority of your presence, that is power.

So much of people's fortune, good or bad, depends upon how they choose to fall in love.

And this fine young prince had fallen in love with a Nobody from Nowhere -- as princes sometimes do, though not as often as romantic tradition would have you believe.

Of course, there are lots of brothels near military areas and camps, as everywhere in the world.

There is a long way before it becomes substantive and meaningful.