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ENGAGED.Yasmin Aga Khan, 35, daughter of Screen Legend Rita Hayworth and the late playboy Prince Aly Khan, who has been raising funds for research into Alzheimer's disease, the fatal brain disorder that afflicts her mother; and Basil Embiricos, 36, Greek economist and shipping scion; in Gouvieux, France. The announcement was made by Yasmin's half brother the Aga Khan, leader of the world's 14 million Ismaili Muslims. The marriage, the first for both, will take place this summer...
...victims of economic depression. Ilana'a immigrant mother, Anne, descends from orthodox eastern European Jews. Her fervent embrace of Marxism stems from a bitter disillusionment with religion--forever associated with a cold father more interested in following holy men than his family--and from her husband, Michael. The scion of a wealthy New England family, Michael Chandal abandoned riches for rags when, as a youth, he witnessed the murder of union organizers by businessmen. The two meet in New York and pledge themselves to the building of a better world as Michael works as a journalist for a left-wing...
...title story, which makes its first appearance in book form, takes place during some cold December days in Memphis, 1937. Nat Ramsey, the scion of a good family, has a minor automobile accident a week before he is to marry Caroline Braxley, a debutante of equally impeccable social standing. Unfortunately, he is not alone in that car; Lee Ann Deehart, a young working woman with whom he has enjoyed an innocent but romantic friendship, runs away from the scene and disappears. Complicated codes of honor come instantly into play. It never occurs to Nat not to tell his fiancee about...
...perfect Southern gentleman and the easygoing good ole boy. Trim, handsome and carefully dressed, he can exude the effortless charm of a man comfortable with wealth and power even as he chews a wad of Red Man tobacco, spitting the juice into a paper cup. A well-educated scion of a prominent line of Houston attorneys, he enjoys fishing with his buddies in the waters of Matagorda Bay and hunting wild turkey on his land near San Antonio. He is a managerial mastermind who relaxes by watching pro football games and listening to Tammy Wynette records...
...middle-aged businessman, a scion of one of El Salvador's oldest families, was impatient. He had been waiting a day and a half for his plantation foreman to report the results of a highly sensitive negotiation. Finally, the telephone rang with the news. The foreman had got in touch with El Salvador's Marxist-led guerrillas to discuss wages for the migrant farm laborers whom the cafetalero needed during the 2 1/2-month coffee harvest. The guerrillas' demand on behalf of the workers: about $4 for each 100 lbs. of coffee beans picked, plus food and medical care. The rebels...