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Finally, the most prominent citizen of Grand Rapids could at least take consolation from the fact that his old House seat will again be held by a Republican. Democrat Richard F. Vander Veen, 53, who succeeded Gerald Ford in a special 1974 election, was defeated by the G.O.P.'s Harold Sawyer, 56, who had been an aggressive county prosecutor...
...South Wales, where he became a Labor supporter, as he puts it, "almost by the time I had learned to talk." He won a scholarship to Cheltenham, a leading private school, then went on to Oxford. He entered Parliament in 1964. When he lost his seat in 1974, Harold Wilson dispatched him to the U.N., where his quick repartee, enormous stamina and warmth of personality immediately made their mark. Says one former aide: "His method, which befits the good barrister he is, is to persuade rather than dictate." Adds a senior Foreign Office diplomat: "Had he become a member...
Died. T.H. (Terance Harold) Robsjohn-Gibbings, 71, elegant designer and interior decorator for such clients as Doris Duke and Aristotle Onassis; of a heart attack; in Athens, where he had lived since 1964. Robsjohn-Gibbings moved to the U.S. from his native London in the '30s and set up shop on Manhattan's East Side. To re-create the "timeless" furniture of the classic period, he spent years studying ancient Grecian art. A sprightly, caustic author, he took on the antiques business and modern art in two bestselling books: Goodbye, Mr. Chippendale (1945) and Mona Lisa...
Charles de Gaulle liked to portray an image seven feet tall, the incarnation of France, flawless. But he was addicted to at least one small sin, according to former British Prime Minister Sir Harold Wilson. During a TV interview, Wilson recalled a visit with the French President back in the 1960s. When De Gaulle began talking about his country home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, Wilson asked him what he did there during the quiet evenings. "I knew he read westerns," said Wilson, "but in addition to that, he said he played patience [soli-taire]. I asked...
...Senior Harold Martin pounced on a loose ball near the 18-yard line and drove an almost certain score goalward...