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...televise these Games, and the dozen companies chosen as TOP sponsors shelled out an additional $170 million. But in significant ways, the International Olympic Committee resembles the College of Cardinals. The IOC does not communicate via smoke signals but probably has a committee headed by a prince or earl studying its feasibility. The 96 IOC members answer to no one but themselves. The IOC budget is a secret. "We have no shareholders," says IOC spokeswoman Michele Verdier, by way of explanation...
...story around London is that if Elizabeth II lives another 20 years, Charles may stand aside in favor of William.) But Diana has reportedly told the Queen she would never let her down, and her mother-in-law's commands are the only ones she follows unfailingly. The late Earl Mountbatten, one of Charles' many mentors, once said nothing guarantees the monarchy's survival; it is only as strong as any given King. So the drama plays like any good soap opera: you simply have to stay tuned...
...been this way all over the nation, ever since Governor Earl Warren and half a million people turned out to meet General Douglas MacArthur in San Francisco on his return from the Far East. President Harry Truman had dismissed the outspoken General, but Congress invited him to a love fest where members wept openly. The people supported MacArthur against Truman, 66% to 25%, according to Gallup...
...that the Princess of Wales tolerated the cooperation of several intimates and friends with Morton's project. This is virtually unheard of. Anyone with a real royal connection never speaks to reporters, simply because doing so means instant and permanent ostracism at court. But Diana's late father Earl Spencer, always appealingly proud of his little girl and avid for personal attention, contributed dozens of unpublished pictures. Her brother and a sister apparently spoke to Morton, as did an ex- roommate, Carolyn Bartholomew, and a couple of her buddies. Buckingham Palace at once snapped that the princess...
...piece, set in the White House soon after the Kennedy assassination, portrays a fictional meeting during which President Johnson coldly manipulates Chief Justice Earl Warren into heading the commission that will "investigate" Kennedy's murder...