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Did anything happen to Laurence Olivier in 1968 or 1969?
In 1968, Laurence Olivier agreed to serve for a second five-year term as director of the National Theatre because of bureaucratic delays in the construction of the new building.

Question: what was he serving a five-year term for?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Laurence Olivier serving a five-year term for?