Word: swiss
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...affinities with his mother, William has recently begun to shoulder royal duties. Last January, the increasingly independent William chose to forgo a Swiss ski vacation with his father and brother and stay at Sandringham with the Queen, Prince Philip and a host of junior royals and friends, including his pal and cousin Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne. He apparently has a close relationship with his grandmother, whom he regularly visits at Windsor for Sunday-afternoon tea and chats about his future role. "Relationships with grandchildren are always easier than those with your own children," says someone who knows...
...looking into Switzerland's role during World War II. Why are questions about Volcker's Nestle position being raised now? Perhaps because in a recent letter to a federal judge who must decide whether or not to dismiss a multibillion-dollar class action brought by Holocaust victims against the Swiss banks, Volcker argued that their suit would have a potentially "crippling" impact on his investigation. Other members of the eminent-persons group immediately dissociated themselves from Volcker's letter, and made it clear that it was his concern, not theirs. Lawyers for the victims are questioning Volcker's business ties...
...ordinary timepiece. But tucked into a small cylinder that blends with its gray titanium casing is a 2-ft. antenna. To activate the beacon, you unscrew the cap and unreel the antenna. Approved for use in Europe and Asia (and, pending FCC approval, in the U.S.), the $5,000 Swiss watch also keeps pretty good time...
DIED. BRUNO ZEHNDER, 51, Swiss-born, penguin-snapping photographer; in a blizzard that surprised him as he filmed his flightless friends; in Antarctica. Zehnder, who legally changed his middle name to Penguin, shot TIME's Jan. 15, 1990, cover on Antarctica...
ZURICH, Switzerland: Swiss banks today published multi-page ads in major newspapers from New York to London to Moscow, listing WWII-era depositors in the hopes of reuniting holocaust survivors and their relatives with long-lost money. The lists are an unprecedented step for the famously discreet Swiss banks, and certainly a nifty PR move, coinciding today with the Swiss Bankers Association's announcement that it had found $15 million more that may have belonged to Holocaust victims. Ex-Fed chairman Paul Volcker, who heads an international body charged with tracking missing Holocaust assets, says a new list...