Word: gifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Koreans may be stalling on the gift because of the controversy stirred by their $1 million gift to Harvard two years ago, one official said...
Rusk added that he hopes the gift will come through soon and that it will be "non-political...
Harvard plans to use the 1975 gift from the KSF, an affiliate of the Korean Traders Association (KTA), to establish a chair in modern Korean society and economy. The one stipulation attached to the grant was that Harvard may not use it for political studies. John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor of History Emeritus, last year called the stipulation a reasonable condition that any country making that large a contribution could make...
Only one Westerner of the time was believed to have entered the fantasy world of the Chinese court and re-emerged with fact. With his high connections, his gift for languages, and his eccentric lifestyle, Sir Edmund Backhouse was one of the most fascinating characters then inhabiting the city. Even his attempts at self-effacement attracted attention--riding through the city in his rickshaw, a fan held before him, Chinese-fashion, to hide his face, this strange Westerner in Eastern garb drew many stares...
Remember when the gift of a vicuna coat was enough to get a respectable Republican hounded out of Washington...