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...School: The seal of the law school features the arms of Isaac Royall, who founded the first professorship. His arms, as shown on his bookplate, were azure with three sheaves of gold...

Author: By Joo-hee Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...Isaac “Ziggy” Whitman...

Author: By Billy U. Rock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beirut All-Stars | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

...undermine the feelings of the other parents involved. Miami parents Warren Goldstein, a history professor, and the Rev. Donna Schaper, a Congregationalist minister, were children of the '60s and social activists. That didn't mean they got good vibes last year when it became clear that their oldest son Isaac, now 18, was having sex with his girlfriend. Goldstein and Schaper each phoned the young woman's parents to discuss the couple. Says Donna: "Her mother said, 'I know they're doing this, and my daughter's protected.' She had really done well by taking care of things. It helped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Matters: Not in Our House | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...1950s, Wong became one of the first ethnic Chinese broadcast reporters in the U.S. Although he suffered from Bell's palsy, casting directors found his looks perfect for the wise-old-man roles he played in films such as The Joy Luck Club and The Last Emperor. DIED. ISAAC STERN, 81, dynamic violinist who was an ardent supporter of Israel and a tireless advocate of music education and government funding of the arts; in New York City. Stern, who spearheaded a 1960 effort that saved Carnegie Hall from demolition, is one of the most recorded classical musicians in history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

...first met ISAAC STERN when I was a young pianist just beginning to perform. I was so bowled over by the force of his personality and reputation that it was many years before I realized he was not 7 ft. tall. One of the thrills of being on stage with him was the feeling of belonging he exuded. Once, after a concert in which he had played particularly brilliantly, he said to the rest of us, "You know, I'm just a stage animal." It was that quality that gave us the feeling that there was no need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 10/8/2001 | See Source »

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