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...that anyone will make his or her intentions known until the last minute.That said, UC tradition won’t count for much else in this election. The patterns of succession that guided the Council for the last five years or so have broken down, and with no clear heir to the throne in sight, a crop of relatively inexperienced young politicos are going to try to rewrite the rules. In short, the big ticket is up for grabs, and for the first time in years, there are barely enough UC veterans in the junior class to fill...
After last season’s performance, who wouldn’t exchange resumes with the elder Thomas, now affectionately referred to by teammates as “Pops?” Heir to the legacies of Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00 and Dante Balestracci ’04, Thomas had a breakout year in which he led the defense in six significant categories, including sacks and tackles for loss...
...family events and offering plush amenities, those exhibitors are enticing viewers back--even at higher prices. In a down market, the boutique theater chain Muvico, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company with 12 theaters in three states, has managed to boost attendance 2% this year. National Amusements, run by Viacom heir apparent Shari Redstone, is expanding its upscale Cinema de Lux brand of theaters, which sells 35% more tickets per theater than its sibling brands. At Pacific Theatre Co.'s swinging ArcLight Cinemas in Los Angeles, attendance has swelled 25% over the past two years. Says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor...
...immediately after announcing Fahd's death following a bout with pneumonia Monday morning, Saudi television also declared that Abdullah would become King and that he had named Prince Sultan, 77, the powerful head of the Saudi armed forces, who recently recovered from colon cancer, as his crown prince and heir apparent. Sources close to the Saudi leadership tell TIME that top members of the royal family gathered at the hospital in the early morning hours after hearing of Fahd's death and quickly appointed Abdullah as king during a meeting inside the medical center...
...original group that there may be no connection with the remnants of al-Qaeda's command on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. We may also learn that the killers belong to a network being built by Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, who has emerged in Iraq as bin Laden's heir apparent...