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Meantime, in an unaccustomed position just outside the direct center of attention, the Prince of Wales looked on, watching his intended turn the crowd to putty. Hers was an adept, admirable performance on an occasion of mundane princely politesse. Charles had come down to Cheltenham to meet the local constabulary, who keep an eye on the country house, Highgrove, where he and Lady Diana will spend what time they can manage away from the royal routine. "I couldn't have married anyone the British people wouldn't have liked," he said last month. That statement will now want...
...COMES as no surprise that the Dowling Committee's recommendations for restructuring College governance grant little more decision-making power to students than they already have. The proposal amounts to little more than bureaucratic maneuvering--a placating tactic which the administration has always been adept at when students have demanded change...
Poland's new Premier is no stranger to conflict. He fought the Nazis in World War II, helped crush anti-Communist guerrillas in 1945-47, and was adept enough at political infighting to hang on as Defense Minister under three successive party leaders. To Poles contemplating his possible future moves, however, Wojciech Jaruzelski's most striking quality is the sense of patriotic conciliation that led him, in 1976 and 1980, to refuse to turn his armed forces against strikers...
High interest rates have taught many consumers to become as adept at juggling their finances as the treasurer of a multinational corporation. Jay Houghton, 28, a Detroit advertising executive, "floats" his bank account by writing checks for bills as soon as they come in, but he does not mail them until three or four days before they are due. He also puts major purchases on his credit card, but then pays the bills in full as soon as they arrive. Says he: "This way I get 45 days of free credit." As long as interest rates remain in double digits...
DIED. Alec Wilder, 73, idiosyncratic composer who was equally adept at wistful popular songs (It's So Peaceful in the Country, I'll Be Around, While We're Young) and unfashionably melodic orchestral and chamber works, and whose 1972 book, American Popular Song, showed him to be a gifted writer as well; of lung cancer; in Gainesville...