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...first woman to inherit the Danish throne since the 15th century, Queen Margrethe attended the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, the London School of Economics, Cambridge and the Sorbonne. She has a sly, self-deprecating wit. Her comment on miniskirts: "The miniskirt is not impossible, but my legs are." Pretty and occasionally moody, she sometimes exercises the royal prerogative of being stuffy when she feels like it. That will probably ensure that she will never again be called, at least by Danes, by her teen-age nickname: Daisy...
...meanderings of Robert Heinlein's science fiction masterpiece, Stranger in a Strange Land. Hippie became a laboratory rat for Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest, for out on the street, the rule of the land seemed to rest solidly on the idea that the weird shall inherit the earth; it was a case of the survival of the weirdest. Exploit or be exploited and the quickest way to exploitation and power seemed to lie in the strange marriage of satanism and acid...
...when she was suffering from diabetes and failing eyesight. According to the attorney general, Mrs. Bigelow had a friend read her the will. She was unpleasantly surprised to find that Wright would get a share of the estate as executor. In addition, his wife Robyn was to inherit 25 shares of IBM stock, valued then at $10,250. Mrs. Bigelow promptly acquired a new attorney and a new will, and the Wrights got nothing when she died...
...succeed Franco. His successor as Head of State has already been chosen: Prince Juan Carlos, 33, who appeared on the palace balcony with the Caudillo at the anniversary celebrations last week, will be crowned King, probably before the end of the year. Vice President Luis Carrero Blanco, 68, will inherit political power for a transitional period. But the man who will likely shape post-Franco Spain will be either Planning Minister Laureano LÓpez RodÓ, 50, or Foreign Minister Gregorio LÓpez Bravo...
...native Cincinnatian, Kennedy graduated from Notre Dame in 1955, was soon drafted and sent to Japan. An "entertainment specialist," he directed his Army buddies in such plays as Inherit the Wind and Stalag 17 and after leaving the service, he joined a summer-stock cast of Mr. Roberts. Kennedy next appeared in Chicago as a real-life police reporter with the City News Bureau. "They would have paid me $35 a week," he said, "but I had a college degree...