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...Corey is a prolific giant of organic chemistry," said Takashi Nagayama, spokesperson for the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan, which distributes the prize. He said Corey's work represents a "monumental achievement in the synthesis of eicosaniods, a vital substance in the study of human cellular and immune functions...

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Harvard Chemist Wins Japan Prize | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

...vote on a controversial relief-law revision, cow-walking was no longer enough. Fists and ashtrays started to fly. Battling lawmakers shouted: "Respect parliamentary procedures!" The brawling later spread to the cabinet committee, where five bills were stalled. Socialists massed around the committee-room door to prevent Chairman Tadanori Nagayama from entering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: From the Cow-Walk to the Brawl | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

...flying wedge of burly conservative "secretaries" smashed through, carrying the aging, anemia-weakened chairman in with them. As the vote was hurriedly taken, Socialists screamed "Fascist dictatorship!" and charged. In the melee, Chairman Nagayama disappeared, was rescued ten minutes later by Diet guards who found him bruised and bleeding on the floor. He was rushed to a hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: From the Cow-Walk to the Brawl | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

Scriptwriter Naoya Uchimura and Producer Hiroshi Nagayama had done their best to get Eriko married off. Last year they had it all set: Eriko and her suitor would wed, live happily ever after, off the airwaves. But radio men at the U.S. Civilian Information & Education office were horrified, adamantly "recommended" that the show go on. Eriko, they felt, had a mildly democratizing influence on listeners. Says Nagayama: "It was most sorrowful. We couldn't fight back; it was practically an order." Dutifully, Uchimura wrote the groom out of the script, replaced him with a dawdling suitor who would obviously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Cut It Short | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

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