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...problem for teachers and administrators has been to combat entrenched stereotypes of all the houses. "House A tends to view itself as a mini-BB and N [Buckingham, Browne and Nichols, a private high school in Cambridge] and Fundamental wants to be Matignon [a Catholic high school in Cambridge]," notes bilingual program teacher Arnold Clayton. "The Academy's reputation is that it is a house for foreigners and immigrants. But we've had the salutatorian the past two years...
...light on the subject, Smith--author of bios of CBS founder William Paley and international socialite Pamela Harriman--amply and sympathetially documents Diana's precarious mental state and her need for sustained professional help, a need that could never have been met while she remained within the netherworlds of Buckingham Palace and celebrity hangers...
DIED. SIR HUGH CASSON, 89, British architect and former president of the Royal Academy of Arts; in London. In 1951 Casson oversaw the construction of London's first major postwar buildings. He later designed rooms at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace...
DUKE OF SLUR It took Buckingham Palace less than three hours to issue an apology after the Duke of Edinburgh, touring an electronics company, said a fuse box looked like it was "put in by an Indian." The palace has had practice. Some of the Duke's bons mots...
...employee of the Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School reported to CPD that over the weekend, unknown persons gained entrance to the school through the two basement doors. Several offices and classrooms were entered after breaking glass or forcing the inner doors. A full inventory will be taken, but at this time, nothing has been found missing...