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...founder, who in his will avoided giving his sons control of the company. Besides, why should any of the Hearsts be unhappy? Five are listed among Forbes' 400 richest Americans, and the company is prospering. No longer synonymous only with tabloid sensationalism and the gaudy splendors of San Simeon, the firm seems intent on making a good corporate name for itself by sponsoring a seven-part PBS series called The Presidency and the Constitution. William Randolph Hearst Sr. would probably be pleased, but his father George would be even happier, glad that his son never took his advice...
...Meru, the Land Cruiser glides through the lion-colored grasses. It is late afternoon, and lions everywhere are rising from their long day's slumber to think about hunting. The driver, a Masai named Simeon K. Londaga, sees the lion and stops and points. Poking his head like a periscope through the roof of the Cruiser, the visitor follows the line of Simeon's finger and gets lost out there in the grasses. He squints as if dialing the eyes to better focus, as if trying to build the platonic lion out of grass. Still the lion will not come...
...Church, where the police two weeks ago opened fire on crowds of barricaded youths during the bloody rent strike. As tensions rose last Thursday, Archbishop Desmond Tutu telephoned the church and urged his religious colleagues to call off the planned funeral and have everyone return home peacefully. Bishop Simeon Nkoane promptly conveyed Tutu's message to the people in the streets...
...Force ROTC spend one hour per week in classes at MIT, while juniors and seniors spend three. Cadets also attend a one-hour "leadership lab" each week on "air force related extracurricular activities," and have to be able to run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes, says Air Force Major Simeon S. Tubig, a ROTC instructor...
...dreamed of the future. Nor does Mortimer seem especially enamored of what his country threatens to become. But Paradise Postponed is a remarkably judicious presentation of pros and cons, and extremely funny besides. Near the end of his life, watching TV reports of the war for the Falkland Islands, Simeon complains to his wife: "What we're doing is going round in circles. I mean, is this where we came in?" To enter this novel is to join an eddy of wisdom and comic resignation...