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Branson grew up comfortably in a 16th century farmhouse in a Surrey village of Merchant-Ivory Englishness, son of a happy, well-connected family. His father Ted carries on the family tradition as a lawyer. His mother, a former dancer and airline stewardess, gets credit for bending the twig. "She wouldn't let us just watch television. She would say, 'Be a doer!'" With second wife Joan and their two children, Branson manages a vaguely normal life-style. The children are not sent away to school; Joan does the cooking; the obligatory nanny is her niece. Weekends are spent...
...when the kids grow up, when you lose your day job and perhaps the lunkhead you've married who likes meat loaf and ketchup. The magazine and television show bearing her name and developed with Time Inc. (she and the company are talking about restructuring the relationship) have a Merchant-Ivory movie-set glow. Actual people, as opposed to imported guests, would really mess...
...often accused of ripping off the Beatles, offers up a stale cover of I Am the Walrus on the single for its song Wonderwall) or perform out-of-character material (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony sweetly sing one of its hard-core rap songs on its single Tha Crossroads). Natalie Merchant, whose enchanting album Tigerlily spawned three successful singles, says "songs should have a second life." She returned to the studio to rerecord her song Jealousy before releasing it as a single...
...result, for the first time in more than 30 years, American shipyards are building commercial ships for export. Orders for American-made ships are increasing, supporting jobs for thousands of Americans. An industry vital to our national defense is being preserved. With regard to the merchant marine itself, the subsidy program you castigate served its purpose, but it will not be renewed. President Clinton has proposed a new approach, one that costs less, removes restrictions on American operators and promotes competition. A.J. HERBERGER, Administrator U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Washington
...building's ownership changed hands recently, according to a local merchant. The merchant said that in September, MIT bought the building in which Patisserie Francaise was located...