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...Baker succeeds -- if, with American primacy intact, he can manage the transition to a new era -- he may be ready for the next step. "He's got the ace of diamonds of jobs now," says Preston Moore, a Baker cousin and close friend. "The ace of spades is still out there to get. One thing's for certain: Jimmy Baker won't voluntarily go back to drafting wills if he's still got his wits about...
...Incline Our Hearts. Born in London with the coming of World War II, he is orphaned by German bombs and sent to Norfolk to be raised by his Aunt Deirdre and Uncle Roy, a local vicar. Rounding out the rectory household is Felicity, a laconic and inaptly named teenage cousin, who leaves her room long enough to be impregnated and abandoned by Raphael Hunter, scholar-scoundrel and the novel's sinister presence...
...crowds should come as no surprise. After all, with a shake of the hips and a curl of the lip, Elvis declared a generation's independence. He became history's most recognized entertainer, selling more than 1 billion recordings. Says Karen Pritchett, 26, a cousin of Elvis' who grew up on the estate and is one of some 40 Graceland guides: "These are the roots of rock 'n' roll, right here...
...admiration may be as much for the time as for the man. Graceland's furniture, hues, appliances and attitudes are frozen in the 1970s. "People complain that Graceland isn't up to date," says cousin Karen. "But you have to remember what people looked like in the '70s -- the bell-bottoms, the sideburns." The mansion's many mirrors may reflect graying hair and fuller waistlines, but the hallways seem to whisper a message of supple hips and simple dreams. One can almost hear Elvis singing "I've heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight." At Graceland the good times...
Board members first showed their unhappiness in October when Johnson and KKR began publicly brawling over a possible joint bid. Angered by the spectacle, the directors called for outside offers. KKR, headed by Kravis and his cousin George Roberts, 45, made its own bid, and so did a team composed of the First Boston investment firm and Chicago's billionaire Pritzker family. The Pritzkers topped the first round of bidding with a preliminary offer of $27 billion, or about $118 a share for RJR stock that had traded for just $56 on the eve of the battle. The Johnson group...