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...favors garish antique clothes. For her wedding in a Roman Catholic church (Harlech's children were raised in his wife's religion, but he is an Anglican), which she planned without informing her parents until the day ahead, she chose a mid-calf Victorian model. Julian, 27, heir to the title, hires himself out as a male model. "My hands are my specialty," he explains. "Being long and delicate, they're useful for cigarette ads." Victoria, 21, lives with her grandmother, and the two youngest, 16-year-old Alice and 14-year-old Francis, attend school, Alice...
Hyman's plan, which would leave the administration menial tasks, is not likely to be well received by the faculty. Several hundred faculty members appear willing to see Kirk leave, but many express their faith in David B. Truman, university vice-president and Kirk's heir apparent...
Johnson Administration backers--who have, in large part neatly transferred their allegiance to a logical heir apparent--do not seem to realize that in the last three years, events have caused new cracks in the Democratic Party which Humphrey's pleas for "tolerance, understanding, and mutual trust" cannot paper over...
...organizing a harvest ceremony that will symbolize the unity of his new nation, Isma. The chief is a wily old rascal who knows a thing or two about exploiting tribal traditions for his own advantage. Kongi's more dangerous antagonist is the chief's nephew and heir, an educated young man presumably dedicated to the ideals of Western democracy...
...world, with 170 offices and a $369,443,000 annual business with 914,000 active customers, Merrill Lynch announced last week that it was beginning to transfer leadership of the Herd to a group of executives who have been on the street only since World War II. The heir apparent for the top job has not only been grooming for it for at least a decade, but still has another two years of apprenticeship to go before he becomes chief executive...