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...Grand Boulevard, not including the grave. The coffin is pine, covered with white doeskin on the outside and crepe within. It measures between 24 in. and 30 in. in length by 12 in. in width. Sometimes, as a courtesy, the funeral director will include a pink or blue ribbon across the inside of the coffin...
...lady. Unless she happens to be Lady (Helen) Teresa Margaret Manners, 23, daughter of Charles John Robert Manners, the tenth Duke of Rutland, and lead singer of the British aristo-rock band, the Business Connection. Despite the group's white-collar name, Lady Teresa's connections are strictly blue blood. Her father owns Belvoir Castle, one of Britain's most imposing homes; her 15-piece band includes the Marquess of Worcester on vocals and the 19th Duke of Somerset on drums. A horsewoman and London-educated artist, Lady Teresa found her latest calling after she was invited to sing backup...
...percentage of flights that leave and arrive on time from 40% to 65% in the past year, some passengers doubt that figure. On Christmas Eve at Newark, a group of impatient travelers waited nearly three hours to board Flight 197 to Greensboro. At one point, a young man in blue jeans and a Chicago Cubs baseball cap shouted, "I've taken a poll, and everybody here is pissed off at People Express." When told that the plane was finally arriving at the gate, the crowd broke into applause and alleluias. One couple sang an impromptu song to the tune...
Burr can now afford a few such comforts. The 6.1% of People Express he holds is worth almost $13 million. Burr also takes time for a daily three-to-six-mile jog, during which he does his blue-sky thinking. He has run eleven marathons, including New York City's. His best performance on the 26.2-mile course: 3:40:42. That poses no threat to champion runners, but rival airline bosses might worry about what Burr is thinking on those long hauls. It was during a jog one morning in Houston that Burr came up with the concept...
...legal history to dean of the law school. Black, 52 and the mother of three children, succeeds Benno C. Schmidt Jr., who in December was named president of Yale. Her promotion marks a significant academic milestone; she becomes the first woman ever to head one of the nation's blue-ribbon law schools. "She's a woman for all sea-sons," proclaimed Columbia President Michael Severn, calling her appointment "just one facet of an extraordinarily gifted human being." And in a pointed comment he added, "She is too solid a choice to allow her being a woman to count...