Word: davison
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...human villain of the piece is Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison), a suaver Joe McCarthy. He wants mutants registered because, he says, their eccentric gifts make them dangerous. Well, the mutant hunter is right! Magneto and his gang have planet-altering mischief in mind...
...Some of the more well-known members include cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76, opera diva Phyllis Curtin, Noel Stookey, the “Paul” of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, acclaimed author Ward Just and poet Peter Davison. Every year, the club puts on its own rendition of “Twelfth Night.” The club is home to the Litero-Culturati of Boston. Many are art collectors. In fact, years ago, the Club used to host a number of exhibitions. Boston’s first Monet exhibition...
...effort to stabilize Lloyd's worsening condition, the Bank of England exerted its influence to have an outsider, Ian Hay Davison, named chief executive officer in 1983. But the real power remained with chairman Green, a richly corrupt official who in 1986 was found guilty by a tribunal of Lloyd's members of "gross negligence" and "discreditable conduct." Davison lasted only two years as Lloyd's CEO, and later published a bitter book describing the experience...