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...Next fall the prince will enter Trinity College, Cambridge, the alma mater of his grandfather George VI, to read history and related subjects. After a couple of years of that contemplative life, the heir to the throne will sign up for a tour of duty in one of the realm's military services...
...private character, Sir Thomas was the greatest Englishman of his age. As a humanist and classical scholar, he ranked with Pico and Erasmus. As an author (Utopia), he became the first great social philosopher of the modern era. As a jurist, he was the brightest legal light of the realm. As a politician, he rose to the highest office in the King's gift: Lord Chancellor. As a Christian, he stood fast to his principles in the greatest scandal of the century, choosing to save his soul though he lost his head, and for his martyrdom he is recorded...
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). "The Hidden World" takes a look into the fascinating realm of insects, among them a Phasmida called the giant walking stick, which can grow up to 16 inches long, the goliath beetle, which is 4 inches long, and a swarm of locusts stretching for 23 miles...
Whoever lands the job will have to deal with a stronger and more influential Council of the Realm and Cortes, which have up to now been mostly Franco rubber stamps...
Membership in the Council of the Realm will go from the present 13, now appointed by Franco, to 17. Of these, seven will be named by the chief of state and ten elected by the Cortes. The 611-member Cortes, meantime, will be reduced to 403 members, including 108 who will be directly elected from Spain's 54 provinces, 25 who will be appointed by the chief of state, and 270 others who will be elected by Spain's municipal councilmen, trade unions and professional organizations. Thus, for the first time since the Civil War, Spaniards will have...