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...case that echoes former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ 2006 resignation, the College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors ousted President Gene R. Nichol last week, ending a tenure that featured several free-speech controversies. In response, Nichol announced his immediate resignation and accused the board of making a politically motivated decision and of offering him a bribe—allegations that the board expressly denied in a statement. Similarly, Summers’ defenders characterized his ouster as a breach of academic freedom of speech, while his detractors often cited his adversarial leadership style...

Author: By Bita M. Assad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: William and Mary Ousts President | 2/19/2008 | See Source »

Along with the jumps, Meissner concentrated on improving her expressiveness on the ice. She enlisted the help of Lori Nichol, who has choreographed routines for Kwan, to design a more sophisticated long program that would help judges see her as a worthy senior-level competitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ice Storm | 1/29/2006 | See Source »

Finally, the random, depraved women. Despite looking like a horse, Lindsey’s mother won some initial power points for having the audacity to commit adultery with Caleb Nichol, but lost credibility when it was revealed that she didn’t even know whose sperm it was that seeded her precious little Lindsay. So they wrote her ass off the show! And Rebecca, the ugly hippie who attempted the sin of all sins by threatening Sandy’s marriage, is hardly worth the ashes of her dead father that she tossed into the sea in the worst...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Christopher Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Fall of The OC | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

...BADMINTON Mike Beres, Mt. Pleasant, Ont. Philippe Bourret, Montreal Denyse Julien, Calgary, Alta. Helen Nichol, Burlington, Ont. Jody Patrick, Calgary, Alta. Charmaine Reid, Calgary, Alta. Anna Rice, Vancouver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canadians at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

Some flightier, more fantastic movies go heavy on the CG. Director Joseph McGinty Nichol, known as McG, lays out a bit of his new Charlie's Angels action: "The girls drive an Army truck off a dam, and while falling to their death, they climb into a helicopter on the back of the truck and fly away." Send in the computer nerds! Still, McG stresses, "Pure CG can be cartoonish. You lose the stakes. There's no jeopardy. Audiences have a built-in CG detector. So you need to be slippery. You use a lot of real elements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Of Vroooom | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

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