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In her acceptance speech Harris also said, “I will make sure that we lead the world into the future on space and artificial intelligence; that America, not China, wins the competition for the 21st century; and that we strengthen, not abdicate, our global leadership.”

The finale of “The Crown,” titled “Sleep, Dearie, Sleep,” features Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles’ wedding, but creator Peter Morgan says it’s a pretext for the queen wrestling with whether or not to abdicate the throne.

“I’m just amazed. We could have so much power to do things that are good for California. And yet, it seems like we abdicate some of that because we don’t get together on a regular basis,” Obernolte said.

“The Kaiser must abdicate, otherwise we shall have the revolution,” he was told.

On November 7, with Berlin and other German cities in turmoil and Kaiser Wilhelm about to abdicate, a German delegation crossed the frontline under a flag of truce to meet with Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander in chief of the Allied armies, in his railroad carriage in the forest of Compiègne, north of Paris.