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...University of Virginia in 1974. He began his career with the blue- chip Manhattan law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, then worked as a money manager for the Ford Foundation and as an investment banker for James D. Wolfensohn Inc. At Wolfensohn, Powers put together several deals for Simon Keswick, the outgoing taipan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taipan from Yale | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

Jardine's move renewed the apprehension surrounding the 1997 expiration of Britain's lease on 90% of Hong Kong's territory and its transfer to Peking. The company's decision to change its legal address could encourage others to follow. Jardine Chairman Simon Keswick, 42, stressed that his company plans to divide its operations between Hong Kong and other cities. But, he added, Jardine wants to keep its "ability to operate under English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Long | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...PRATT Keswick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 25, 1974 | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...fourth day of the annual yearling auction at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the horse-trading Fasig-Tipton Co. set a new world's record: a Keswick Stables chestnut filly sired by Swaps, 1955 Kentucky Derby winner, went to Paul Mel-Ion's Rokeby Stable for $83,000-highest price ever paid for a yearling filly at public auction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard: Aug. 17, 1962 | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

Laird is a trial lawyer who has argued "many, many" cases of first degree murder charges and has had only one client hanged. Laird's parents left West Virginia for Keswick, Calif., where he was born. They died when he was five; Laird returned to Fayette County to be reared by his grandmother, aunt and uncle. The uncle, Dr. William R. Laird, adopted him. He attended Greenbrier Military School, King College in Bristol, Tenn., and West Virginia University, where he received a law degree in 1944 and made friends with a fellow student, Bill Marland. Marland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old School Tie | 3/26/1956 | See Source »

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