Word: stu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some scholars are already suffering as a result of Peking's alarm. Foreign students in Chinese universities, for instance, have lately found that once friendly Chinese classmates avoid them. Relations be tween foreign teachers and Chinese stu dents have similarly cooled. At a Peking university, foreign students gained official permission to hold a dance, but their Chinese companions, meanwhile, were quietly warned not to attend. In another school, an American student invited to dinner at the home of a Chinese classmate was asked to "come rather late and wear dark clothing so nobody will notice that a foreigner...
...rebound performance, a squad of all stars from the Cambridge. West End House and Arlington Boys' Clubs defeated a team from the Newton. South Boston, Salvation Army, and Watertown Clubs. 73-66, Sunday morning at the IAB. The event was sponsored by the Cambridge club, coached by Stu Nadelman, an assistant in the Department of Athletics. Harvard basketball forward Monroe Trout and former j.v. playes Wally Ruteeki officiated at the game, which Nadelman hopes will become an annual contest...
...square off in a TV studio for a new show called The People's Court. The half-hour daily program will debut during the next two weeks in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 36 other cities. Created by Veteran Producers Ralph Edwards (This Is Your Life) and Stu Billett, the show presents two cases an episode, both drawn from small-claims courts in the Los Angeles area...
...dreamed up the basic idea, John Masterson, is no stranger to real-life programming. He is best known for the 1950s show Bride and Groom, which featured a wedding ceremony daily. Masterson passed the courtroom idea to Stu Billett who, along with Ralph Edwards, did the rest. Says Billett: "There are so many people who don't know what small-claims court is about. This show will tell them how they must prepare to tell their story." On the other hand, Billett hopes that careful case selection and a swift pace will shield his TV audience from one thing...
...American Spectator (circ. 22,500). In 1966 Founder and Editor R. Emmett Tyr rell Jr., 36, sent Bill Buckley, whom he had never met, a check for $264,000 to pay off National Review's debt. Tyrrell, then 22, was an Indiana University graduate" stu dent with some $27 in the bank. Knowing a well-intentioned hoax when he saw one, an amused Buckley called him up and soon encouraged Tyrrell to convert his small, off-campus conservative newspaper into a witty, sprightly national monthly. The latest issue features Christmas book recommendations from former President Richard Nixon...