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...addition, Whitlain has had amiable, prestige-building conversations with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Heath of Britain, President Suharto of Indonesia, Prime Minister Gandhi of India, and Pope Paul VI. But there is one notable world leader with whom he continues to lack rapport. Richard Nixon, who could not find time to see Whitlam when he was opposition leader, seems no more eager to meet him as Prime Minister. Possibly still angered by the sniping of Australian Cabinet ministers over the U.S. bombing of Hanoi last December, the President has yet to invite Whitlam to the White House...
...decades, Somerset-who hobnobs with such figures as David Rockefeller and Aristotle Onassis-has been invaluable to Lloyd, steering collections and clients toward him and, best of all, introducing him to the Italian auto magnate Giovanni Agnelli, an impassioned collector. The chain of contacts now reaches to Pope Paul VI, whom Lloyd obtained as a prospective client during a private audience a few years...
...Jesus, and between God and Adam. Gone too are most of the lofty jawboning sessions with angels who tend to sound like an unfortunate blend of Dean Rusk and Charlton Heston. Collier skips the Creation entirely, as well as the war in heaven (in fact, most of Books III, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI), except for the fall of Satan's defeated forces toward hell. Where it suits his purposes, though, he uses Milton's verse verbatim-and with reverence. Collier has Satan and his minions in the burning lake repeat until all hell rings with their shout...
...counties and hold high business or professional positions, if they work at all. The Phillipses have a handsome 16th century house of Cotswold stone and primrose hue in Great Somerford, Wiltshire, about 80 miles west of London. Mark's grandfather was an equerry to King George VI. His father, Peter Phillips, is a director of T. Wall & Sons, a large produce firm that specializes in pork sausages and ice cream (and which, incidentally, is an official purveyor to the Queen). Mark attended Marlborough College, one of Britain's best public (meaning private) schools, before entering the Royal Military...
Advice to visitors planning to be in Europe this Wednesday night: Don't try to get an audience with Pope Paul VI or Queen Juliana of The Netherlands...