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...intent man in the desert is Richard Erskine Leakey, heir to one of the greatest surnames in anthropology and, at 32, a formidable scientist in his own right. He and his dusty band are looking, almost lit erally, for footprints in the sands of time, for clues to the mystery of man's origins. Their ambitious goal: to establish the nature of the creatures that veered off from the ancestral line of apes onto the evolutionary path that eventually led to man. In this pursuit, Leakey's team has turned up at the Turkana site alone more than 300 fossilized...
...problem, of course, is that the race appeared to be over before it even started. No sooner had Koch dispatched Cuomo in the runoff--a sequel to his startling victory in the seven-person general primary early in the month--than the press had dubbed him heir apparent to that shaky framework of bureaucratic cobwebs and dubious city bonds that is the New York municipal government. New Yorkers had rebuked the Beame administration, the papers asserted, and wanted to move on to the brand of humane but firm fiscal conservatism that Koch promised. The Congressman, not one to decline...
...Boston University contest. Bosnic emerged as Curry's replacement with a pair of end-zone blasts against the Terriers, continued to kick-off for the remainder of the season, and even received the call on a few long field goal attempts. Bosnic had thus established himself as the heir-apparent to Lynch in the kicking department...
...retirement age from 65 to 70 (see cover story page 18) must seem like a plentiful waste of time. A peppery 89, Ball is a monumentally stubborn, bourbon-sipping, union-busting, Government-fighting apostle of 19th century free enterprise. As senior trustee of the estate of the late chemical heir Alfred I. du Pont, he regularly puts in a full, often tumultuous work week managing one of the nation's greatest private treasuries. Operating out of a spartan office in Jacksonville, Fla., the 5-ft. 5-in. entrepreneur has long been an awesome political and financial power...
...endlessly beguiling, and in this magnificent production at Britain's National Theater he is also unfailingly amusing. As played by Paul Scofield, he is the grandfather of all con men. Feigning terminal illness, he convinces half of Venice-the richer half -that he will make each one his heir so long as he is kept in good humor until his death. The lure of his wealth-"letting the cherry knock against their lips," as he puts it-makes Volpone truly rich. Urged on by his servant Mosca, the Venetians beggar themselves to keep him happy, giving him their...