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There was just one snag. Along with the trust fund, Stillman left Harvard an all-too-real forest in upstate New York. Unfortunately, almost no one bothered using the Black Rock forest for research. This left Harvard with a problem: how to get rid of the forest without giving up the trust fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Parts With Forest; Trust Fund Remains Intact | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

There was just one snag. Along with the trust fund, Stillman left Harvard an all-too-real forest in upstate New York. Unfortunately, almost no one bothered using the Black Rock forest for research. This left Harvard with a problem: how to get rid of the forest without giving up the trust fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Parts With Forest; Trust Fund Remains Intact | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

There was just one snag. Along with the trust fund, Stillman left Harvard an all-too-real forest in upstate New York. Unfortunately, almost no one bothered using the Black Rock forest for research. This left Harvard with a problem: how to get rid of the forest without giving up the trust fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Parts With Forest; Trust Fund Remains Intact | 9/11/1989 | See Source »

...next step in the media onslaught, of course, is the movie. But that is where this Hollywood story hit a snag. Plans for a film version of Wired were set in motion more than four years ago. But problems in getting financing delayed the shooting until last summer. And not until last week, after months of turndowns, did the producers find a company willing to distribute the film. The stumbling block, say Wired's backers, was a Hollywood community that closed ranks against a picture it wanted to squelch. Says Woodward, an adviser on the film: "A large portion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Finally, The Belushi Story | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...double the city's sewage rates. Klopp, known as "Klippity" in a city hall addicted to folksy nicknames, took himself to the mayor's office. "We really ought to get out," he growled. Gradually, others agreed. The bay's tugboat captains were worried that a submerged pipe might snag their anchors. City Councilman Dan Hauser, now a state assemblyman, feared an invasion of developers along a pipe near Highway 101. Then a citizens' committee in nearby Manila, a residential ( district near a planned pipeline, sued and stalled the project for nearly two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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