Word: lees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hands of the American government has taught the Chinese not to expect help from that source. Because so many Chinese Americans have risen to professional positions and a comfortable standard of living, most Americans are unaware of the seriousness of the problems confronting their country's Chinatowns. As Douglas Lee '76 puts it, "When you see an Asian, you usually figure he's a doctor or a laundryman. People tend to notice only the doctor; they never see the laundryman...
Wassily W. Leontief, Lee Professor of Economics, may have announced his resignation in January, but the repercussions of his move--particularly his citing of the "strong sense of alienation" among graduate students at the time--surfaced again last week and emphasized that problems in the Economics Department will probably not disappear any time soon...
...total of 57 scholars, including Nobel laureates Kenneth J. Arrow, Conant University Professor; Wassily W. Leontief, Lee Professor of Economics; Simon S. Kuznets, retired Baker Professor of Economics; and George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, addressed their message to the Organization of American States' (OAS) Human Rights Commission...
...Lee) abolished the jury system...When the law was changed, he silenced the attempt to debate it in Singapore. On his instructions the newspapers were forbidden to publish, when it mattered, the critical resolution of the special meeting of the Bar, and its memorandum...
...good many English liberals, somehow overlooking this appalling record, have been captivated by Mr. Lee's fluency, his intelligence, his manifest stature as an international statesman...