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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago when Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret, wound up British royalty's longest romantic melodrama since the days of Edward VIII and Wallis ("the woman I love") Simpson by dropping her hopes of marrying Group Captain Peter Townsend. For all of his qualifications as a royal spouse, the dashing Battle of Britain hero had that fatal divorce in his background. So Britons were doubly cheered when, five years later at 29, the willful Meg finally made it to the altar, this time with Antony Armstrong-Jones, the arty son of a Welsh barrister and a promising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Ending a Royal Marriage | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

George V was succeeded by Edward VIII, who went around the bend over Mrs. Simpson and very nearly wrecked the monarchy. In came his brother George VI-much less clever, less charisma, but a very solid person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Getting the Right People | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

Matthew Nimetz, 38. Drawn from Vance's New York law firm of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett, Nimetz is the State Department counselor and a general troubleshooter for his boss. He has handled such special and sensitive missions as arranging the return of the Hungarian crown, dealing with Micronesian demands for self-rule, seeking a settlement on Cyprus and coordinating the Belgrade conference on human rights for the State Department. A Rhodes scholar and whiz kid member of the White House staff under Lyndon Johnson while in his 20s, Nimetz has been tapped by Vance for the difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Circle of Six on Mahogany Row | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Russell A. Simpson, director of financial aid at the Law School, said he was not surprised that the Business School's student expense account exceeded their own by some...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Financial Aid Varies In Grad Schools | 4/14/1978 | See Source »

...Simpson said the Law School fashioned its budget from "current Bureau of Labor statistics, cost-of-living increases and annual reports of students." O'Neil said the School of Government simply adjusted its budget using "a 6.5 per cent figure for inflation...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Financial Aid Varies In Grad Schools | 4/14/1978 | See Source »

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