Word: account
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bridge beside Coppola stood a newly recruited ex-Kiel Canal pilot, Captain Helmut H. Wilters, taking copious notes. He was one of 50 to 60 volunteers from several countries being rush-trained to replace the departed pilots. Shiaty tutored him meticulously. When the Italian helmsman-changed every hour on account of the strain-just once failed to follow a command, Shiaty called to the mate: "Another helmsman...
...This story jibes essentially with the earliest and standard account of Mohammed's life (by Ibn Ishaq-8th century), but the tone of the book's 16-page biography might well give offense to devout Moslems...
...suggested that the New Testament's Jesus Christ may have been modeled on the scrolls' "Teacher of Righteousness," who said Allegro on the basis of guess work, was also crucified. Allegro's new book prudently plays down this wild surmise. But together with a vivid account of the discoveries, Allegro gives nonscholarly readers plenty of speculation to chew on, if not necessarily to swallow...
...choice of Hand, the professors had no single definite suggestion for the post. Braucher mentioned Judge William Hastie, the first Negro to sit on the Court of Appeals, suggesting the advantage of "having people represent different segments" of the population, which is "an entirely sound thing to take into account." Freund, however, stated that "I think it would be a mistake to let the factor of race enter in at all; I think Judge Hastie would agree." An additional deterrent to Hastie's appointment pointed out by Braucher, is the fact that he was appointed to his present post...
...whole, Biographer Ervine has written a solid, slow, yet readable account. It is duller, but more complete, than Hesketh Pearson's brilliant portrait (1950). And it firmly supports Shaw's claim to being the greatest dramatist in the English language since Shakespeare-a claim recently supported by his erratic fellow Irishman, Sean O'Casey. Wrote O'Casey in a memorable tribute: "Look at the Theatre as it was . . . So sob-sisterly, so stupid, so down to dust was the Theatre then that God turned his back to it, made for Shaw, caught him by the beard...