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Clarke's plan, hatched while Louis Wolfson launched his unsuccessful bid to control the company, was to arrange a merger with Allied Stores Corp. It seemed like a natural: Allied had young executives and expansion plans; Ward had the cash. Avery could announce the deal and ascend gracefully into the honorary chairmanship, assured that Ward was safe from Wolfson...
...incapacity. As such, she would continue to be an important political figure until Charles, now 4, becomes 18. If the act were changed (as Elizabeth wishes) to make Philip the regent, Margaret would become merely another heir (the third in line) to a throne she is not likely to ascend...
LECTURES: Five men lectured alternately to '55, while '56 will see an even half dozen ascend the platform. Nearly everyone who took the course found the lectures, given once a week with two sections, consistently interesting. The lecturers won almost universal praise for their fresh approach, enthusiasm, variety, and general competence. On the other side of the ledger, some felt that the material was delivered too rapidly, that the bulk of the material was too often merely factual. However, all throught that the lectures were very well organized and therefore easy to take notes on. '55 found the background material...
...want to make statues," says Fazzini, "which seem to ascend to heaven, sculptures which express the prayers and sacrifices of men in the face of infinite time and infinite space." For all his high aspirations, most of the Fazzinis on display were pleasantly down-to-earth. They were studies of athletes and dancers in double-jointed poses, modeled with a sure hand and a quick...
...Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." -Psalms...