Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since no unchallenged will was found immediately after Hughes' death, his cousin William Rice Lummis was appointed temporary co-adrninistrator of the estate, while local law firms handle Hughes affairs in the four geographical areas where his assets are concentrated. But three weeks after his death, a so-called Mormon will mysteriously turned up at a church office building in Salt Lake City, making bequests to the Mormons, various worthy institutions and a gas-station attendant, Melvin Dummar. It also named Hughes' estranged aide Noah Dietrich as executor. Trial on the authenticity of the will is scheduled...
...wills or pseudo-wills have appeared, prompting an army of lawyers to do combat for various relatives and other claimants. They range from a maternal aunt, through ninth cousins, to Rice University, the Boy Scouts and Actress Terry Moore, who claims a secret marriage to Hughes. The state of Texas also has attorneys attempting to establish Hughes as a resident at the time of death, which could net $100 million in state inheritance taxes. And finally, there are about ten lawsuits pending against the Hughes estate. Among them: three Texas banks trying to retrieve loans to Hughes, and the University...
...Reischauer, now University Professor, combined their knowledge with what has been described as Fairbank's "great organizational talents" and "leading entrepreneurial skills" to start a course on the history of China and Japan that later became Soc Sci 11, "East Asian Civilizations," and is now familiarly know as "Rice Paddies...
...Scott Simpson is expected to retain his national individual championship but Barton Goodwin of Rice and Jeff Sanders of Oregon (who finished second and third last year when the tournament was held in Albequerque, N.M.) will also be returning...
...year-old son Adam, his brother Andy and various drop-in friends. Says Walton: "I don't think I've changed. I still have the same values and interests." Rising by 10 a.m., he typically breakfasts on a quart of juice, a vegetable omelet and rice. On game days, he arrives at the Memorial Coliseum ahead of his teammates for treatment of his bum ankles, tender knees and other ailments, practices with the team, and then returns home to walk or play soccer in a neighborhood park. A nap follows, and then he sits in a rocker sandwiched...