Word: chaires
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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William S. Olney '46, director of special projects and head of the program, said this week that $1 million of the fund will go for a Japanese Government Chair, $1.7 million for the Japan Institute Building and additions to the Harvard Yenching Library, and the remaining $3 million to underwrite research and other projects on East Asia...
...more than two days, they fought like a couple of pit dogs. There was the famed defense attorney, pacing and grimacing as he used all his wiles and powers of vituperation. Opposite him, in the witness chair, sat the prosecution's man, a tall, imperious figure with a shaved head, who gave every bit as good as he got. In its seventh week the trial of Patty Hearst turned into a sarcastic duel between F. Lee Bailey and Dr. Joel Fort, the quirky, combative witness for the prosecution. Doggedly, almost desperately, Bailey strove to discredit Fort, and for good...
...Hearst sat rigidly erect at the defense table, following every word, occasionally shaking her head in denial at the witness. Once, when Fort suggested she did not resist having sex with S.L.A. Member William Wolfe, she started to rise, apparently in anger; Bailey pressed her back down into her chair...
...against Michigan, he became so disturbed by some bad passes his guard Jim Wisman made that he grabbed Wisman by his jersey and hauled him off the court. If a referee's call goes against Indiana, Knight sometimes succumbs to his hot temper and starts kicking the nearest chair. Even when he goes fishing, the Scoreboard stays lit. If he casts ten times and catches three fish, he will say good naturedly that the fish...
...expected was not nearly as unnerving as what she got. Accustomed to the deference and more leisurely tempo of old-style Hollywood film makers, she was unprepared for the whirlwind 36-day shooting schedule. Lester's frenetic pace permitted few concessions to star status. Even the canvas chair, that basic symbol of stardom, was not provided; Hepburn had to use an aluminum chair from her trailer...