Word: heir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Fairleigh Dickinson III, 19, Columbia University freshman and an heir to the family's surgical-equipment fortunes, which enabled the Dickinsons to found and build New Jersey's Fairleigh Dickinson University; of a reported overdose of an opium derivative and LSD; in a friend's dormitory room on the school's Manhattan campus...
...first player, Terrell should gain both experience and confidence from the greater challenges. He is already acknowledged as the heir to Nayar's collegiate title, and his real test will be the National Amateur Championship...
...delegates to the congress, a fifth were less than 30 years old. In keeping with that youthful image is the man the congress elected deputy secretary-general and successor to aging Leader Luigi Longo. The heir apparent...
...comparison has some interesting implications. Johnson is the fountainhead of modern Blues. He is the greatest figure in Mississippi Delta Blues which became Chicago Blues through Bluesmen like Elmore James and was transformed into Modern Urban Blues by B. B. King. Hendrix may, in truth, be the spiritual heir of Robert Johnson. He is the most innovative and modern guitarist on the contemporary Rock scene. King may be the most perfect Blues guitarist alive but his style is of another era. If Blues is to continue to exist it must evolve and Hendrix seems to be leading that revolution...
...bright red Chipmunk craft nonchalantly settled to a perfect landing and taxied over to a hangar. There, a crowd of R.A.F. officers raised a cheer. Out of the plane stepped Britain's Prince Charles, flashing a broad grin. After 14 hours of instruction, the 20-year-old heir to the throne had logged his first solo flight and was well on his way to earning his pilot's license. ∙∙∙ The pews in the chapel of St. Luke's Church in McLean, Va., were filled with relatives and friends. Aunt Jackie had flown from...