Word: randolphs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intruders. But one who trespassed there this week was not to be stopped by guards. By appointment, Death had come calling on a guest in the house-an old adversary, one whose stubbornness he could not help admiring. In his 89th year, the end had finally come for William Randolph Hearst, the capricious, inspired, ruthless and sentimental, sybaritic press lord...
...present, only one of the quintet of Hearst sons is regarded as likely to be entrusted with top management. He is the ablest and most responsible of the lot: balding William Randolph Hearst Jr., 43, now publisher of the Journal-American and the American Weekly...
Eldest son George, 47, is the fat, fun-loving treasurer of the San Francisco Examiner. David, 35, is publisher of the Los Angeles Herald; his twin brother Randolph is executive editor of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin; and John, 41, is assistant to "Gorty" Gortatowsky. Not one of the lavishly indulged sons has yet shown the spark with which their father, another lavishly indulged son, set the newspaper business on fire 64 years...
...long last, contentious, vigorous William Randolph Hearst found tranquillity...
...Harvard career of William Randolph Hearst '86 who died last Tuesday night was as turbulent and controversial as his later publishing activities. In three years he left a sufficient mark on the College to be denied the privilege of finishing a fourth...