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...London in the 1950s where Willie, a reluctant academic, has been sent to a second-rate college on scholarship. He is baffled by the wider world. He expected the city to have a storybook magnificence. Instead, he finds Buckingham Palace disappointing. "He thought the maharaja's palace in his own state was far grander," writes Naipaul, "and this made him feel, in a small part of his heart, that the Kings and Queens of England were impostors." London's doors do not open easily. Attempts to contact his famous namesake are all met with the same brief note: "Dear Willie...
Jennifer Graham, who is associate director for college counseling at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, a preparatory school in Cambridge, says that while students at elite high schools have to worry about competing against their classmates more than their public school counterparts, the middle of the class benefits from attending a competitive school that provides them with a rigorous curriculum...
...rest of us. For instance, you know how you get when crazy Uncle Ed keeps shoving his camcorder in your face? PRINCE WILLIAM, 19, feels your chagrin. During his first week at St. Andrews University in Scotland, a camera crew was twice spotted breaking strict privacy rules imposed by Buckingham Palace for the heir to the heir to the throne. After the cameramen were thrown off campus, Wills called his father to complain. An "incandescent" Prince Charles, the London papers report, was even angrier when he learned the crew worked for Ardent Productions, owned by Wills' uncle--and Charles' younger...
...such authority in the nation to set minimum performance standards for airlines. Soon it will name names of underachievers in its "Guaranteed Passenger Standards" program, which requires carriers to shape up or face fines--or worse. "Airports have historically been run for the benefit of the airlines," says Virginia Buckingham, executive director of Massport. "But we're starting to look at service from the customer's point of view...
...sounds like a puppet," Tony Blair "doesn't understand the countryside," and "his wife is even worse," Blair's budget is "a load of pap." These are the standard opinions of well-bred Tories, and even the "sheik's" paper, the News of the World, took the deal when Buckingham Palace offered an on-the-record interview in exchange for the tapes. MY EDWARD IS NOT GAY, blared the headline (which, unbelievably, the Palace approved); we also learned that Sophie is fertile but would consider medical treatment if needed. Thanks so much for sharing. Then after rivals printed distorted bits...