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...guessing about who will succeed Kadar is Budapest's premier parlor game, encouraged by Kadar himself, who like any astute manager knows that prematurely designating a successor causes nothing but trouble for both boss and heir. Karoly Nemeth, 63, is his second in command in the party hierarchy and presumably a contender, though Kadar slyly enjoys appearances that deceive. Other possible candidates: Ferenc Havasi, 57, a chief economic official, who is said to believe that unemployment should be officially recognized; Karoly Grosz, 57, a Kadar disciple; Propaganda Boss Janos Berecz, 57; and Foreign Affairs Specialist Matyas Szuros...
...year-olds went to sleep as husband and wife and, thanks to a wedding-gift title from Her Majesty, Duke and Duchess of York. Five years ago, when Prince Charles took Lady Diana Spencer for his wife, the occasion was rich with fairy-tale solemnity. As the heir to the throne exchanged troths with a bashful girl just past her teens, it seemed that Prince Charming rode with Sleeping Beauty in a coach of glass. When Charles' younger brother and Diana's fourth cousin wed last week, it was a jollier occasion, a larkish high-society romance scripted...
...proves with Emily. After meeting Carlo's ancient father, she is momentarily ( transformed into a radiant ideal: "beautiful, charming, intelligent, loving, and the perfect future Principessa Pontevecchio." Irma is another matter: abandoned by Charlie, she becomes one more foolish dowager in the tow of her parasitic heir. But these are merely the bones of the book. Astor's primary theme is irony, and the '20s international set allows her to use it undiluted...
...Rumania's First Lady, but her true role is more akin to royal consort and heir apparent to her husband President Nicolae Ceausescu. In his grim dictatorship, she increasingly appears to be the power behind the throne. Already Elena Ceausescu, 67, is the object of a personality cult that rivals that of the 68-year-old President. Her birthday, like his, is a national holiday, her portrait waves in street parades, and the Rumanian media resound with her praise. She is variously hailed as the "woman-hero," the "party's torch," the "guiding spirit behind science and culture" and even...
Elena clearly sees herself as Nicolae's successor. While the couple's son Nicu, about 35, was at one time viewed as the heir apparent, he appears to be far more interested in parties and the good life than in a political career. Without her husband's protection, however, Elena might find it hard to stay in power. "She is infinitely more hated than the President," says Tudoran. "She is much crueler, and her decisions are more dictatorial." Given the dubious regard in which she is held, Elena, if she does inherit Nicolae's mantle, may find it resting uneasily...