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Russians initially regarded the heir apparent with a mixture of derision and dismay, rating his popularity at a measly 2%. Most considered Yeltsin's blessing the kiss of death for any would-be President. But Putin coolly exploited the greatest opportunity he was ever handed. He says he expected his decision to go to war in Chechnya, made virtually that August day, would ruin his political career. But his cold-blooded prosecution of the war to stamp out Chechen "terrorism" and bring the recalcitrant republic back under Russian control struck a chord among the country's dispirited electorate...
...Highness Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, heir apparent to the throne of Qatar, spent part of his first visit to the U.S. at Harvard meeting with administrators and faculty members on Friday...
...Sandip mentions that he works 12 to 14 hours a day, and the impression now is that he may be heir apparent to the commander throne. He concedes that he icommands the hotel.i Jerry chimes in that Sandip has a icommanding presence.i...
...others had made for her and walked in the shoes others had cobbled." A princess, she must marry the man her father, for dynastic reasons, chooses for her, even though she feels no love for him. She does her duty, becomes a queen, bears an heir, Hamlet, and resigns herself to a life she sees as "a stone passageway with many windows but not one portal leading...
...also not concerned that the hearts will languish without him, even though he hasn't selected an heir to the throne...