Word: orientale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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A Japanese colleague, Tomio Kubo, chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., which builds two small-car models for Chrysler, pays lacocca a compliment. Says he: "In the person of Mr. lacocca we have developed a sense of security about the corporation and its future." He explains that lacocca "shows signs of...
March 11, 9:00 a.m.--The director of Agassiz House reported a beige Oriental medallion rug stolen from the building's second floor living room.
The top two floors have been converted into offices, and the basement houses a University social organization, the Harvard Neighbors (see accompanying story). But no structural changes have been made in the building--only temporary partitions divide the rooms, and the ground floor still sports the decor of the gracious...
March 4, 6:30 a.m. A janitor at the Cronkhite Graduate Center let in two men who said they were looking for a friend. The janitor later noticed two grandfather clocks and a large Oriental rug missing from the common room.
Today, nearly two years and at least one turndown later, the committee is still at work. For the time being, John Rosenfield, Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art, is serving as the museum's acting director, and Robert Rotner, the publisher of Harvard Magazine, is supervising financial affairs as acting associate...