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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to University of Texas Vice President for development and relations Shirley Bird Perry, the university has already begun recruiting for these positions, which were made possible by a $32 million gift. The university may fill some of the open spaces by the end of the year...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Harvard Professors Are Unsure Of Effect of Texas's 32 Chairs | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

...think the American people are increasingly expressing their dissatisfaction with a government run by such people. I think there is evident in the primary elections right now a growing populist mood in the country, and I hope that one day fewer of these polished bureaucrats from corporate firms will fill government offices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judging the Legal System | 4/14/1984 | See Source »

...Shakespeare being who Shakespeare is," the play won't be able to "run and run and run" and continue to fill the theater, he said. He would therefore like the show to tour after playing in New York, he added...

Author: By Michael E. Joachim, | Title: Harvard Senior Will Direct 'Winter's Tale' Off-Broadway | 4/12/1984 | See Source »

...pressed him to reconsider. Edwin Meese, Reagan's nominee as Smith's replacement, cannot be confirmed until a special prosecutor finishes investigating Meese's sloppy financial dealings, a process likely to take at least six months. Nor is there officially a Deputy Attorney General to fill in during the interim; Edward Schmults, who had been handling the daily operations of the Justice Department, quit that post last February and has not been replaced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice Dangles in Limbo | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...gradually acquiring more. Others mentioned as possible buyers are Coca-Cola, RCA and Press Lord Rupert Murdoch. As a takeover subject, Disney will be no Bambi. Current management bitterly opposes a sellout. Last week Disney officers boosted their credit line from $400 million to $1.3 billion in order to fill the firm's war chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disney Whirl | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

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