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...played for him at a White House correspondents' dinner in 1944. The President was on the dais with his big cigarette holder. Every time I told a joke, everybody would laugh and then look to see how he had reacted. He would go up and down with his holder...
...Cornell Woolrich story, It Had to Be Murder, on which the movie was based. After Woolrich's death, his estate renewed the story's copyright. In the majority opinion, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that the film could not be shown without permission from the current holder of the copyright, even though Woolrich had promised to renew his agreement with the filmmakers. The winner in the case was Sheldon Abend, a literary agent who bought the copyright from Woolrich's estate for $650 in 1971. Since 1983, Rear Window has grossed more than $12 million for its owners...
Although Harvard's role as a share-holder was not included in the official agenda for yesterday's meeting, several overseers briefly addressed the issue, board members said yesterday. Overseer Peter H. Wood '64 said he and a handful of his colleagues questioned whether the CCSR was following the non-binding recommendations of its advisory committee...
Besides discussing South Africa, Whitehead saidthe Board of Overseers also discussed theCorporation Committee on ShareholderResponsibility (CCSR), composed of members ofHarvard's seven-member Corporation, the chiefUniversity governing board. Specifically, theoverseers discussed whether the CCSR was complyingwith the recommendations of the Advisory Committeeon Share-holder Responsibility in several proxyvotes...
Princeton's Osborn, the meet record-holder forthe 50-meter freestyle and a perennial shoo-in inthe 100-meter, took the early lead in both races...