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...fundraisers--contrary to popular opinion--share his own view of Harvard and his motivations in joining the drive. "It is a very diverse group that is working on this drive. There are a hell of a lot of people volunteering who are not rah-rah, racoon-skin coat-at-the-football-game types...
...view of one longtime Helms watcher in Raleigh, the son does not entirely erase the sins of the father "Jesse adopted a handicapped son," says the man. "It cost him a lot of doctor's bills. He'd give the coat off his back to help someone lying in the street, but he's not going to vote for food stamps." Indeed, during his first Senate term, Helms voted against funds for the handicapped...
...last presidential vacation of such duration was Richard Nixon's 31-day stay at San Clemente in 1969. But Nixon, unlike Reagan, took along most of his staff, wore a coat and tie constantly, designated his home the Western White House and clearly ran the Government from there, as people and paper shuttled constantly cross-continent on red-eye flights. When President Thomas Jefferson was criticized for his long vacations, he cited George Washington as his precedent for escaping the swampy capital in August and September. Said he: "Grumble who will, I will never pass those two months...
...none is making the least effort to look like the Prince of Wales. How should this be?" One reason may be that the Prince steers clear of trends. His suits are made by Johns & Pegg, Ltd., exclusively military tailors until World War II, which made the naval ceremonial day coat in which the Prince will approach the altar. "We keep up with fashion, but we don't lead fashion," says Peter Johns...
...such troubles will seem far behind, however, when she takes to the open water, her hull a glimmering swath of royal blue, red and gold, with the royal coat of arms on the bow and the royal cipher on the stern. The yacht's 12,000-h.p. twin-shaft turbine engines are capable of propelling her 5,769 gross tonnage at a sprightly 21 knots. Her 510-ton fuel capacity can sustain a 2,800-mile voyage without stopover...