The chief of ENI Spa, the world's sixth-largest publicly traded oil company, is heir to a long tradition of high-stakes dealmaking with rogues from Iran to Angola.
Prospects that come ready made with all the heart-ache and thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to which they in turn inevitably inflict upon the salesman.
But it could be a step in seven-league boots, for pharmaceutical companies are only just beginning to mine the spectrum of psychological ailments that flesh is heir to.
So Mr Aznar has sacked a few party bigwigs likely to remind voters that his party is heir to the one that voted against Spain's democratic constitution of 1978.
When that day comes, the ultimate promise of all divine religions will be fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being who is heir to all prophets and pious men.
Though Matthews is heir to an impressive NFL lineage going back two generations--which includes Hall of Fame uncle Bruce Matthews--there was no rational reason to assume that he would follow in the footsteps of his uncle, father and grandfather.
He is the heir to the Forbes publishing empire, and is prepared to spend his own millions on his campaign.
The ICC is the heir to this rich legacy, it is advancing this noble cause.
This is the current heir to the Downton estate we're talking about, after all.
With a weekly circulation of 400 000, Closer is a natural heir to France's first gossip magazine, German-owned Voici introduced in 1981.
Some here in Pakistan believe Fatima Bhutto -- and not Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son, Bilawal -- is the true heir to the Bhutto political dynasty.
Kelton says a customer should indicate on the form the percentage each heir is to get and the executor of his estate can split the IRA up.
Revlimid is the chemical cousin and heir to Celgene's first drug, Thalomid, which is still probably better known by its generic name, thalidomide.
The owner of "The Scream, " Petter Olsen, a Norwegian real-estate developer and shipping heir, is trying to win big with the sale.
Affianced to the lovely Imoinda, the warrior prince Oroonoko, heir to a west African throne, is obliged to suffer the king his grandfather's insistence on his droit de seigneur.
And there is now no heir-apparent to Mr Reed or Mr Weill, who are both getting old.
The key, of course, is to ration the flow of money to such an heir after you have passed.
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"We're talking about the future head of state and I think people in Wales feel very strongly about the Prince of Wales and I think, logically, and in fairness, there should be a Princess of Wales in future if the heir to the throne is a woman, " he told BBC Wales.
And Thompson, whose character is meant to be seen as the heir to Mrs.
He is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, heir to her late husband H.
"There is no successor to Larry, no heir apparent, " says board Chairman Jeffrey Henley, who ran finance from 1991 to 2004.
One of his sisters, another possible heir to the throne, is more popular, but Thailand has never been ruled by a woman.
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His heir, Crown Princess Victoria is married to Prince Daniel and has a baby daughter, Princess Estelle, as the next two generations there take shape.
But Tudor Morgan, the heir to the dynasty, is back behind a counter once again - 10, 000 miles away in one of the world's most southerly shop at Port Lockroy on Antarctica.
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Thanks to an aging population that is wealthier, more mobile and more likely to die without a will than ever before, heir hunting is a booming business.
The legislation prohibits the sale, barter or exchange of an award by the recipient, and while it could be passed down within an astronaut's family, it would have to be returned to NASA if there is no heir.
Pippin is the young son of Charlemagne, and heir to the throne, but that's not enough for him: He's desperate to find a meaningful role in life (his own "Corner of the Sky, " to quote his opening song.) On Broadway, John Rubinstein (son of pianist Arthur) imbued the role with a sweet, almost absent-minded innocence.
Also from Germany is Stefan Quandt , the 39-year-old heir to the BMW fortune.
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