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...outbreak of the 1914-18 war, Europe was largely ruled by hereditary monarchie. German kings and princelings providing, as it were, the stud farm that kept the breed going. The ruling monarchs were often kinsmen, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins, whose family relationships were a factor in international diplomacy. In those days, Prince Charles might well have found himself leading to the altar, instead of his charming English bride, some outlandish princess whose charms were more dynastic than bodily, and whose English was rudimentary...
...Johnson knew how to get along with his court. Tom Clark and William Douglas were longtime New Deal buddies, and he kept the friendships going over lunch and on the phone. Hugo Black was out of the Senate tradition, and Earl Warren was a former Governor, the ultimate breed of political survivor. When L.B.J. wanted to clear the air about the Kennedy assassination, he never worried more than a second or two about the sanctity of the court. He went after Warren with his full guile and authority, rejecting Warren's first shocked refusals to head a special commission...
...mullahs confront an emboldened breed of Islamic leftists...
...merger binge has been a bonanza for a special breed of Wall Street investment banker who negotiates the megabuck deals. Acquisition teams at First Boston Corp., which handled Du Font's bid for Conoco, and Morgan Stanley, which advised the oil company, are expected to earn almost $15 million each from the merger...
Southwest Airlines, one of the oldest of the new breed of carrier, was founded in 1971 as a strictly intrastate Texas operator. Now the line serves New Orleans, Tulsa and Albuquerque as well. Air Florida started out as an intrastate carrier, and has gone international. From its base in Miami, the line now serves Washington, New York, London, Amsterdam and Brussels...