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...author (Mary Queen of Scots Cromwell: The Lord Protector); after 20 years of marriage, six children; in London. Eraser's suit for divorce was not contested by Lady Antonia, who has been living with Playwright Harold Pinter for more than a year. Pinter's wife. Actress Vivien Merchant, named her Ladyship corespondent in a suit in 1975, but has since decided not to press for a divorce...
...unpompous, handsome, likable Scot, Fraser seemed to have everything going for him a decade ago. He had just taken over the family's thriving retailing business after the death of his father, Lord Fraser of Allander, founder of the House of Fraser and a legendary British merchant. In 30 years, Lord Fraser had built his business from a draper's shop to an empire with sales of about $275 million annually. Sir Hugh moved vigorously into his father's shoes, increasing sales to $500 million in six years and ridding Harrods of some of its crustiness...
...Financially a couple of points make the difference between profits that are merely terrific for the network with a bunch of flops or simply stupefying for the one with the most hits. Here timing is everything. Whoever guesses right when mood swing afflicts the customers becomes TV's merchant king-for a day-while competitors retreat to a sullen contemplation of their demographics and a glum reshuffling of their schedules...
...Westerners into viewing the East as lush, exotic, and unique. On the ferry from Algeciras to Tangier it's easy to become engrossed admiring the approaching scenery and to ignore one's fellow passengers--dispirited, unromantic, impoverished North African laborers. It's tempting to affect an eighteenth-century gentleman merchant's self-esteem when brought mint tea and invited to inspect carpets and bolts of silk in a Moroccan bazaar. But the rotting garbage in the streets is probably more typical of the real East. And to queries about the nature of those mysterious blue crystals in the burlap sack...
These glowing figures tend to support West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's oft-repeated view that the pound sterling, which has dropped 20% in value against the dollar in the past year, is actually undervalued. Says the research director of one of London's biggest merchant banks: "The North Sea will give sterling holders plenty of reason for encouragement if the government can only convince them it won't fritter it away in foolish increases in public spending. Once that message gets across, I wouldn't be surprised to see sterling firm up immediately...