Word: heir
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...year, who will the Bush Administration seek out as best mate? Put your money on Gordon Brown, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, or finance chief, as the next Prime Minister. London bookmaker William Hill gives him overwhelming odds--1 to 5. Brown is brainy, experienced, and has been heir apparent since opting not to fight Blair for the Labour Party leadership in 1994. But a contest among Labour heavyweights is still possible. Scars remain from the long, venomous feud between Brown's backers and Blair's troupe as Brown has grown increasingly vexed at his long wait...
...America's best foreign friend? Put [an error occurred while processing this directive]your money on Gordon Brown, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, or finance chief, as the next Prime Minister. London bookmakers William Hill give him overwhelming odds - 1/5. Brown is brainy, experienced, and has been heir apparent since opting not to fight Blair for the Labour Party leadership in 1994. But a contest among Labour heavyweights is still possible. Scars remain from the long, venomous feud between Brown's backers and Blair's troupe as Brown grew increasingly vexed at his long wait...
...year after year passed without a royal pregnancy, hopes that Masako would become the modern face of the imperial family gradually died. It was clear that she had failed in her one traditional duty: to produce a male heir. All her education and accomplishments meant nothing by comparison. Japanese tabloids cast aspersions on her patriotism and her toughness, and not long after she gave birth to a daughter, Aiko, in December 2001, Masako sank into a depression. Now she has gone from an icon of style to an object of pity. "She's been crushed," says housewife Hiroko Nishiyama...
...After words of pro forma praise for Freston, who ascended to CEO after building the MTV unit into a lucrative global brand, Redstone made it clear that he and the company's other directors felt that the man who at one time was regarded as his heir apparent hadn't been bold enough as leader of the parent. "We love Tom, but the board felt that not enough was being done," Redstone said during a Tuesday morning conference call with investment analysts and journalists. "We were not moving as entrepreneurially and aggressively as we should. Our communication with Wall Street...
...Unlike the British royals, for instance, the Japanese imperial family's schedule is completely controlled by the IHA. They aren't allowed to have opinions, passports or even last names. Stifled by the IHA, Masako crumbled under the intense pressure to perform her single duty: to bear a male heir. In 2001, after one miscarriage, she finally bore Princess Aiko, who remains the couple's only child. Not long after the birth, Masako succumbed to a depression that many blamed on the intense pressure placed on her to produce a son. She withdrew from her official duties...