Word: levensons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chase because he feared a return to prison. He described being shocked by a police stun gun; he said police taunted him. Defense lawyers tried to rock King. One tried to pin him down on whether officers called him "killer" or "nigger." King was blurry on details, but Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, says, "When the jury went back into the jury room, they had a human being on their minds, not some blip on a TV screen...
...found in the New Repertory Theatre a production company that can do it justice. Joanna Zazofsky's direction is marred only by the excursions of the actors onto the floor in front of the first row, which ion a theater this crowded, is probably better avoided. Eric Levenson's projection screens are movingly utilized to present a photo montage of the African countryside and the life of the town-ship. This is a play that won't take apologies like Isabel's of "white selfish ignorance" as any excuse; it demands unmitigated attention, allegiance and hope...
Some students have taken the opportunity to frolic in the snow. Cambridge resident Thomas M. Levenson '80 recalls watching a snowball fight a couple weeks ago, showing that mother nature gives youngsters a chance to have some fun without wreaking too much havoc. "It was gang violence as it used to be and should be," said Levenson...
...prosecution was methodical, almost tedious in its presentation," says / Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Law School. "The defense came out swinging from the first, painting King as a bad and dangerous man." On the order of Judge Weisberg, defense attorneys were not permitted to tell the jury about King's criminal record, including his imprisonment for robbery. But they were able to portray King as a large, aggressive man who was legally drunk. Much was made of the officers' claim that they thought King had gained unusual strength and tolerance to pain because, they believed, he was under...
...Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prizes, established in memory of the late professor of Chinese history, recognize "specially skilled and dedicated teachers of undergraduate courses and sections." The awards are sponsored by the Leven- son family and the Undergraduate Council...