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Had the Baldwin patriarch lived longer, many speculate, the brothers wouldn't have taken up acting . According to this theory, Alexander was adamant that they become lawyers, and his objections would have stymied their careers.
Turin's L a Stampa led its front page with an appeal for peace in Belgrade by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexis II.
Abraham, the first Jewish Patriarch, led his people here in search of “the land of milk and honey”; Jesus Christ was born, lived, ministered, and died here; and Mohammed, the founder of Islam, visited Jerusalem during his heavenly “Night Journey. ”
It said the patriarch has criticized NATO but has asked "the leaders of Yugoslavia, like those of the Atlantic alliance, to halt military operations."
By passing his stock on to a foundation, rather than to family members themselves, the patriarch could guarantee that it wouldn't be sold by heirs or dispersed over the generations.