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...Halloween night in Washington, D.C., in the 1970s, children out for trick- or-treat stopped by the elegant N Street townhouse of Averell and Pamela Harriman. They were greeted by a maid in a white apron holding a silver tray full of dimes. How novel! The wealthy Harrimans -- Pamela was the daughter of a British baron, Averell a financier and former Governor of New York -- were handing out money instead of candy. But not a lot. The maid cautioned: "Just one dime each...
...Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, Democratic Party power hostess, widow of multimillionaire Averell, and currently U.S. Ambassador to France, has always been fiercely protective of her wealth -- every last dollar, every last dime. Now, money is at the heart of a legal battle between Harriman and Averell's descendants by his first marriage -- two daughters, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The scions of the late Governor charge that his second wife, who inherited most of his estimated $65 million legacy, has wasted the $30 million of their trust funds on ill-advised investments, leaving them with a relatively paltry...
Also named in the suit are luminaries in the Democratic Party firmament: attorneys Clark Clifford and Paul Warnke. Such Washington power brokers were the company of choice for Pamela Harriman. (In fact, White House counsel Lloyd Cutler signed on as her adviser after the suit was filed.) President Clinton once called her "the first lady of the Democratic Party." Indeed, her house and her parties were a haven for Democratic loyalists during the Reagan-Bush epoch. Over the years, she raised more than $12 million for Democratic candidates. Clifford, 87, whose name was muddied by the Bank of Credit...
...Clifford says, Harriman asked him and Warnke, both old friends, to serve as trustees for nine trusts for his children and grandchildren. After her husband's death in 1986, Pamela became a general partner in the enterprise. Within four years the initial $12 million investment had grown to $25 million. Clifford says the heirs complained they were not getting enough income, so the partnership overseeing funds diversified beyond securities. Some of the new investments were money losers. Clifford says more than $4.5 million was invested in a New Jersey resort that he admits "didn't develop in the manner...
...medical school wanted the diversity of the class to echo the diversity of the general population," says Pamela B. Kirshner '94, a first-year medical student. "This is a good idea because doctors need to be able to relate to everyone in the population and not just to certain groups...