Word: noguchi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enrich its backers but to revitalize the city. Here, too, judgment of its effectiveness is premature, but there are already a few stirrings of rebirth downtown. A new riverfront plaza is under construction near by; it boasts an obelisk and a fountain by the noted sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Part of Woodward Avenue will soon become a covered mall, and streets leading into colorful Greektown will be widened to encourage traffic. The University of Detroit put $5 million into its old law school building, adjacent to Ren Cen, mainly because the project was going up. Ren Cen's creators...
...former Beatle, sometime writer, and culture hero without portfolio. He was wearing the straight threads for a solemn occasion, namely, the successful resolution of his 4½-year struggle to obtain permanent-resident status in the U.S. After such assorted character witnesses as Gloria Swanson, Geraldo Rivera and Isamu Noguchi testified to Lennon's public spirit and artistic significance, Immigration Judge Ira Fieldsteel awarded Lennon the long-sought green card bearing permanent resident No. A17-597-321. "It's great to be legal again," said John, whose problems with the Immigration and Naturalization Service dated back...
...provincialism at last. The task of describing the crucial period 1930-50, which saw the emergence of a dazzling array of technical options-movement in sculpture, open-welded construction, the use of found objects-and the rise not only of Smith and Calder but also of Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Joseph Cornell and Barnett Newman, has been elegantly done by Rosalind Krauss...
Charach's primary source of evidence is the report of Los Angeles coroner Thomas Noguchi that Kennedy was killed by a gun not more than three inches from the back of his head. Not only did Sirhan fire from in front of Kennedy, but all witnesses said that he was never closer to the Senator than three feet...
...Angeles County Medical Examiner Thomas Noguchi, who performed the autopsy, testified at the Ward inquiry that the fatal slug was fired from only inches away; yet Sirhan was at least 2 to 3 ft. away from Kennedy...