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Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, Democratic Party power hostess, widow of multimillionaire Averell, and currently U.S. Ambassador to France, has always been fiercely protective of her wealth -- every last dollar, every last dime. Now, money is at the heart of a legal battle between Harriman and Averell's descendants by his first marriage -- two daughters, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The scions of the late Governor charge that his second wife, who inherited most of his estimated $65 million legacy, has wasted the $30 million of their trust funds on ill-advised investments, leaving them with a relatively paltry...
...Harrimans. Apart from the usual strains, they say, relations were civil. In 1992, however, the heirs were alerted to questionable investments by an accountant who had prepared tax returns for the trusts. At one point, a family representative flew to Paris to discuss the matter with the new ambassador. Today no one is talking. The Harrimans, says Brooke Hayward, are "as close to an aristocratic family as you get in this country. They did not want to air the feud in public. That was a lot of money to lose in that period of time. They sat on their hands...
Brown University President Vartan Gregorian has called U.S. Ambassador Robert Strauss in Moscow and the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to pressure Moscow for a full-scale investigation...
...keep edging toward moderation, though apparently he could not do so fast enough to satisfy his opponents. Still, he successfully negotiated deals with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two organizations that had always received his special scorn, and he spoke frequently and amicably with the U.S. ambassador. But when the military began to move against him, he reverted to type and gave a speech he has come to regret. He seemed to give the nod to mob justice when he called the "necklace" -- a burning tire placed around a victim's neck -- a "beautiful instrument" that "smells...
...killed 10 armed Haitian police, U.S. military police occupied five of Port-au-Prince's main police stations after hundreds of emboldened pro-U.S. demonstrators surrounded the buildings. Elsewhere, hundreds more protesters surrounded the army headquarters, where Haitian junta leader Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras was meeting with U.S. Ambassador William Swing and Lt. Gen. Hugh Shelton, the American military commander in Haiti. The demonstration evaporated a few hours later. Cedras also went on the radio calling for civilians to surrender their arms to U.S. soldiers. A gun buyback begins Tuesday -- $50 for handguns and $300 for mortars -- but TIME...