But since Bill Hamilton took over as creative head at the end of 1989, things have calmed down.
Bill Hamilton was a solitary man, and he saw everything through the lens of Darwin's theory of evolution.
"I don't understand how you ruled out a roof fall as a possible cause of ignition," said a panel member, Bill Hamilton, a state legislator.
July 26 - Bill Hamilton (died 1978), New Zealand mechanical engineer.
Bill Hamilton (engineer), New Zealander who developed the modern jetboat.
According to Bill Hamilton, a Democratic pollster and consultant, voters are feeling a deep unease.
A loud, rather slow thudding drew a questioning glance from Bill Hamilton, but Tom shook his head.
Bill Hamilton smiled across the room at her and pointed at a side table where drinks and appetising titbits were laid out.
Tom left the room on a laugh and went out to the nurses' station, almost bumping into Bill Hamilton on the way.
Bill Hamilton regarded surfing more as a work of art, rather than based chiefly on wave-by-wave ride performance scored by judges.