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...little boy, Charles was left in the care of nannies, who were followed by the paramilitary masters of Gordonstoun school. In his day, Philip had conquered this remote Scottish outpost. He was a born leader and a natural athlete; his son was neither. Back at the palace Charles had to confront his little sister Anne, who had all her father's gifts and a confident personality. All Charles had was grit. After finally slogging through Cambridge and a stint in the navy that he found difficult, he had his own ideas about being the heir apparent, and they distanced...
...period in Charles' youth, Earl Mountbatten, Philip's uncle and a tireless meddler in the family's affairs, acted in place of both Charles' parents. After Mountbatten's death came such gurus as South African-born writer Sir Laurens Van der Post. If Diana turned to various therapies, Charles explored exotic lore, became a "green" and an organic gardener. Before long the tabloids had him talking to his carrots at Highgrove...
...Crimson continued winning down the singles ladder, as sophomore Philip Tseng beat Penn State's Michael Greiser. Greiser posed little challenge for Tseng, who won in straight sets...
...from being neglected, Harvard Hall remains, after nine decades, the living heart and soul of the New York Harvard Club (and far from being the old fogies Philip J. Parsons and the Planning Office crowd seem to assume we are, its members, reflecting Harvard's long-established admissions policies favoring diversity, are not all that much less diversified than today's undergraduates). The vast hall is the setting all year round for receptions, balls, concerts, recitals, lectures, colloquiums, theatrical evenings, film screenings and all sorts of other events, and when it is not in such use, it fills a rare...
Each Monday and Wednesday at noon, nearly 250 undergraduates flock to Emerson Hall 105 to hear Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher lecture in what some say is the best English class at Harvard...