Word: yew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many prominent Harvard administrators and faculty members have already protested to Lee Kuan Yew, the prime minister of Singapore, about Chew Kheng Chuan's arrest. Students can contribute to the growing public pressure for his release by writing...
Several other directors say they called second choice performers after they received approval from another member of the HRDC board, who had advised them that calling to offer a part was within the rules. Manson Yew '90, a member of the HRDC board, says he advised some directors on "how far they could go." He adds, "I had one idea [about the rule], Erik had another...
...director says he agreed with Salovaara at the time but later changed his mind after other directors corroborated his original impression that he had not been warned. The director says he had also been told that Yew did not have the authority to tell him he could call second choices...
...After nearly six years of protracted Communist guerilla warfare, Lee Kuan Yew forms the People's Action Party, seeking an independent Singapore...
...Kuan Yew is made the prime minister of Singapore after the country holds its first free elections ever. Lee remains as the country's Prime Minister...