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Elvis had left his entire estate to Lisa Marie, naming his father Vernon executor until Lisa Marie reached age 25. Vernon, who died in 1979, named Priscilla, who was not an heir, as executor. Vernon believed, no doubt correctly, that with dozens of bankers and lawyers circling the estate, Priscilla was the one insider most likely to keep the interests of her daughter at heart...
Evangelical Lutheran Pastor Vernon E. Little Arrow Carter, who is part Wampanoag, agreed that the lecture was enlightening...
...reported that 3 out of 4 Americans believe such research is "against the will of God")--wasted no time. The President, proclaiming that "each human life is unique, born of a miracle that reaches beyond laboratory science," banned the use of federal funds for human cloning, while Republican Representative Vernon Ehlers of Michigan introduced not one but two anticloning measures...
Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan, who was interviewing candidates, warned Albright that lobbying for the job would backfire. "Did he tell you that he would take your case to the President himself?" Geraldine Ferraro asked her friend...
...black and minority concerns into the corridors of power; in Orange, California. Dubbed "the godfather of black politics," he helped clinch black votes for Kennedy in 1960; persuade Johnson to appoint Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court; advise Carter on minority affairs; and propel the career of Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan...