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S.I. Hayakawa Biography Reveals an Enigmatic Figure

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A California politician from another era launched his career by taking a hard line against protesters. In 1968, as president of San Francisco State University, S.I. Hayakawa got international attention for ripping the wires out of a sound system that student demonstrators were using to advocate a strike.

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