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...conscientious about what he regards as his royal duties, whether they give him pleasure or not. Heirs apparent of the past rarely set foot in Wales, let alone bothered to learn more than enough Welsh to struggle through an investiture. The latest Prince already has considerable acquaintance with his titular fiefdom. He has spent the past two months in Wales. It was the Prince's own idea to attempt to quiet the Welsh protests against his investiture and at the same time satisfy his own well-honed sense of duty. Taking along only his cello, a record player...
...Titular Presidency. When Ayub finally gave up last week, he renewed his offer to negotiate with his opponents on constitutional reform based on "free and democratic elections." If there was no agreement, he warned, he would evolve his own proposals. Some sources think that they will probably feature a titular presidency in a British-style parliamentary democracy, based on universal suffrage, as well as more regional autonomy for East and West Pakistan. Ayub has a year to lay the foundations for his ideas while opposition leaders struggle for the succession...
...state capital of Springfield. The group's aim is to end the feudal system of Democratic party politics within the state and to broaden participation in policymaking. To give the group the aura of legitimacy, Stevenson asked Hubert Humphrey to drop by and confer the blessing of his titular party leadership...
...Alliance of Businessmen. The Alliance was called together by President Johnson early this year for the express purpose of finding 100,000 jobs for the hard-core unemployed by the end of June 1969, and 400,000 more by 1971, as well as summer jobs for youth. Under the titular leadership of Henry Ford II and the hard-driving personal direction of a Ford vice president...
...capital of Alabama, Montgomery is a governmental ghost town. Since Governor Lurleen Wallace underwent a cancer operation in July, she has spent less than two weeks attending to her putative duties at the statehouse. Meanwhile, George Wallace, who wears the pants if not the titular authority in Alabama's first family, has spent 47 days out of state campaigning for President. At least ten top-ranking state officials, still drawing their regular salaries, are off helping Alabama's First Gentleman drum up votes...