Morris chair

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“It was almost a hitch-your-wagon-to-a-star philosophy. He convinced us, ‘You just follow me and it’ll happen,’” said Valerie Morris, chair of the university senate, in a 1990 interview with The Washington Post.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

But EIS representative Des Morris, chair of the teachers' side of the SNCT, said the strikes would proceed in the absence of an improved deal.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2023

Defendant Fall, seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia, sat in a green Morris chair, wrapped in an automobile robe, his black New Mexican sombrero in his lap.

From Time Magazine Archive

The great-grandfather of most modern furniture is Britain's famed igth century "Morris" chair with its familiar adjustable back, named for William Morris, leader in the protest against the machine-made monstrosities of his day.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boy sat down on the edge of the bed, and Lee let his thin body down in the Morris chair.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck