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Best Bet: "VIKING" entry in Seventh. Longshots: GALAX RULER in second and JOE DI ROSA in eighth...
...years ago, the Corporation did it again, getting for its Commencement speaker (always one of the honorary degree winner) His Imperial Majesty, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, the Shahanshah of Iran. President Pusey cited the Shah as "A twentieth century ruler who has found in power a constructive instrument to advance social and economic revolution in an ancient land...
Then came the black knights. First, Charles Bluhdorn, ruler of the aggressive empire of Gulf & Western, cast covetous eyes at Prince's Armour. Secretly manipulating his pawns on Wall Street, Bluhdorn acquired almost 10% of Armour before Billy could blink. In the nick of time, an ally, the Trustbusters, came to Billy's rescue and went after Bluhdorn with mace and chain. Bluhdorn wisely sold his interest in Armour to another power, General Host, whose ruler, iron-willed Richard Pistell, also coveted Prince's realm. Pistell offered Billy's shareholders a chance to trade Armour stock...
...years, his destiny and that of France had been inseparably intertwined. For over a decade, he had presided over France in as rare an identification of ruler and ruled as modern history shows. In many ways he was an anachronism. He dealt in abstract verities more than in practical politics. He bullied in an age of persuasion; he dictated in an era of dialogue. But through it all there was always some curious alchemy between Charles de Gaulle and the people of France when it came down to the irrevocable out or non. It seemed inconceivable, even as the damning...
...present, the Nationalists as well as the Communists reject what is known as the "two-China" solution, in which each of them is recognized for what it is: the ruler of Taiwan on the one hand, and of mainland China on the other. Each insists that the other must be regarded as fraudulent. Thus, Taiwan will undoubtedly break relations with Ottawa if the Canadians recognize Peking. To make certain that Taiwan's hard line is still clearly understood everywhere, the congress last week concluded with a warning that the Kuomintang and the Taiwan government "resolutely oppose any moves that...