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...Though he invariably trails the Prime Minister in national popularity polls, Home has refused to step down in favor of a more appealing candidate. For that matter, neither of his two ablest lieutenants and most likely successors-Reginald Maudling, now the Opposition's foreign policy expert, and Edward Heath, its "shadow" economics minister-has yet shown any relish for challenging the leader. The Tories, still recovering from the shock of finding themselves on the outs after 13 years in office, have at least closed ranks-a feat that perennially eludes Wilson's Laborites. And last week, the odds...
...STORY THUS FAR: Biff Bundie, University Police undercover agent disguised as graduate student Kevin Stoddard Heath, found a small package in his cost pocket after a strange, foreign man "accidently" bumped into him outside of Sever Hall. Upon opening it, Bundle discovered a pouch of greenish tobacco and a white card on which was printed a Roman numeral seven enclosed in a circle. Realizing the importance of his discoveries, Bundle started back to police headquarters. Meanwhile, in the midst of a fire in the Chem 20 lab in Mallinckrodt, a mutilated, decapitated body has been discovered in a fire blanket...
...recently exposed an undergraduate counterfeiting ring so successfully, that the Chief had promoted him to special plain-clothes man, a position created just for Biff. Now as he strolled along, disguised as Kevin Stoddard Heath '61, a third year graduate student in English, he eyed everything around him as if it might bear close inspection...
...week reshuffled the shadows, and thereby accomplished two things: 1) a general face lift to prepare the party for new elections, which Sir Alec thinks likely before the end of the year, and 2) consolidation of his own grip as party chief by balancing off Reginald Maudling and Ted Heath, the most promising younger Tory leaders...
...become Prime Minister. Maudling also retained his post as Home's stand-in at the powerful party leaders' committee, which makes him the closest thing to deputy leader known in the Tory Party. Maudling's former job as shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer went to Ted Heath, who also continues as shadow Economics Minister-making him the Tories' undisputed economic czar. Thus, while Maudling stands higher in the party hierarchy, Heath is in position to shine in the Commons on the most important domestic political occasions...