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The near perfection of Roman Polanski's Chinatown starts with Diener/Hauser/Bates's haunting art nouveau poster for the film: an emblematic Hokusai wave breaks against Jack Nicholson's silhouette as the smoke from his cigarette floats up to merge with Faye Dunaway's medusa-like hair.

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Mr. Bates's account was later published in a periodical.

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Bates failed to secure that loan, although the council said the ownership was not a decisive issue, and Bates's Leeds still have to rent Thorp Arch.

Ken Bates should answer some questions rather than make up enemies | David Conn 2011

Cisco said its chief technical officer, Padmasree Warrior, will take over Mr. Bates's responsibilities.

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Levi's barrister, Simon Myerson QC, accused Bates of continuing to write that false account to distract Leeds fans from their club's imminent plunge, under Bates's chairmanship, into administration and relegation from the Championship.

Ken Bates should answer some questions rather than make up enemies | David Conn 2011

The judge, Sir Charles Gray, ruled that Bates had committed "grave" libels against Levi, saying Bates's chairman's articles, about a dispute he had had with Levi after Bates and the Cayman Islands-registered Forward Sports Fund had taken over Leeds from Levi's "Yorkshire consortium" in 2005, were "riddled with material inaccuracies".

Ken Bates should answer some questions rather than make up enemies | David Conn 2011

After I wrote in Wednesday's paper about the glaring questions remaining over Bates's purchase of Leeds from the still‑unnamed offshore investors for "an undisclosed sum", I barely registered his rant, on Yorkshire Radio, and that line which amused a lot of my friends, that I am an "international enemy" of Leeds.

Ken Bates should answer some questions rather than make up enemies | David Conn 2011

Ah, it is Bates's big moment in Downton Abbey ITV1, Christmas Day: his murder trial.

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To be clear, I began writing about the finances and ownership of Leeds under Bates's chairmanship when he and his fellow directors put the club into administration owing £35m in May 2007.

Ken Bates should answer some questions rather than make up enemies | David Conn 2011

The Leeds United Supporters' Trust has issued its second forthright statement in a week, saying "emotions are running high" among supporters at what they describe as "the imbalance between investment in the playing staff and capital projects" and poor communication from the club, including Bates's match-day programme notes.

Emotions running high between Ken Bates and Leeds United supporters 2011