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Muriel Spark weaves her 21st work of fiction, Aiding and Abetting (Doubleday; 166 pages; $21), around a matter of fact: the 1974 disappearance of the seventh Earl of Lucan, who was subsequently charged with bludgeoning his children's nanny to death in a botched attempt to murder his estranged wife. Questions about this scandal have echoed in the British press ever since. Was Lord Lucan guilty? Is he still alive? If so, who helped him escape, and who has been aiding and abetting the fugitive's life in hiding ever since...
...found Bok completely unreceptive," said Adams House resident Lucan A. Way '90, one of six students who met with the President. "He seemed unimpressed and unwilling to listen...
Currently, "the University is carrying on a heavy-handed extensive anti-union campaign and strongly misrepresenting what's going on," said Lucan A. Way '90, co-chairman...
...seventh Earl of Lucan, descended from the commander who ordered the Charge of the Light Brigade, was reportedly driven to murder a few years ago by debts incurred during his binges at the chemin defer tables, at $2,000 a deal. At least one turf-preoccupied London bus driver became famous for tooling past passenger queues and rushing instead to the betting shops along his route. Not surprisingly, Gamblers Anonymous operates a 24-hour rescue service in Britain. Says the respected British scientist and public policy analyst, Lord Rothschild: "Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeepers, but I think...
...popular journals to attack pillars of the British system from the monarchy to the moderate politicians of both right and left. Goldsmith himself was attacked last year when Private Eye, a popular satirical weekly, suggested that he was obstructing a police investigation into the disappearance of the Earl of Lucan, accused of murdering his children's nanny. Private Eye has since conceded that its story was inaccurate, but Goldsmith is still suing for criminal libel, which could land the editor in jail...