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Before coming to Harvard, Conway worked as a lawyer in Vancouver and compiled a distinguished war record with the Seaforth Highlanders, a division of the Canadian Army...
...five years, was weary of the din, and reflective, and not quite ready to go back to his law practice. So Captain John J. Conway, a company commander at the heroic Battle of Monte Cassino and winner of the Military Cross, left the colorful regimental kilts of the Seaforth Highlanders and came to Harvard to study history...
...with the Highland Light Infantry. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (which suffered the heaviest casualties at Waterloo) now becomes one with the Somerset Light Infantry (nicknamed "The Illustrious Garrison" after its defense of Jellalabad in 1842). Two of the best known of the Scottish regiments, the Seaforth Highlanders and the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders must form one unit, find new tartans for their men, new tunes for their pipes...
...nephew of the Earl of Home, who is currently the Tory leader in the House of Lords. Robin is a close friend of that young cutup, the Duke of Kent, and a frequent escort of his sister Princess Alexandra. After five years as an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders, Robin was training to be an advertising copywriter by day (at $40 a week), working as a pianist at night (at $84 a week). Soon Robin was taking Margaretha to dinner; once, dressed as Little Jack Horner, he took Margaretha (dressed as Little Red Riding Hood) to a ball sponsored...
...masculine names ("Chukker," "Steeplechase," etc.) for their men-some of whom finally took to getting the stuff for themselves. In the $50,000,000-a-year industry, Courtley has become one of the leaders in class, one of the big six in volume of sales (the other five: Seaforth, Sportsman, Shulton, Yardley, Lenth...