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...23rd child of an Archibald Patch, Pa. coal miner. Gibbons has long kept his gunbarrel eyes fixed on personal power. He armed himself with courses at the Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin, organized Chicago schoolteachers, then gravitated to St. Louis to stitch a handful of loose-knit locals into a Gibbons whole. When this was gathered into the Teamster fold, Hoffa and Gibbons formed an alliance under which Hoffa is the muscleman and Gibbons the strategist. "Gibbons," Jimmy once said in undisguised admiration, "there are some men in Detroit who dislike me-but those fellows back there in St. Louis...
...selection of Chavez was made by a committee headed by Archibald MacLeish, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. The committee also included Huntington Cairns, John P. Coolidge '35, director of Fogg Art Museum, Walter H. Piston '24, Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Music, and John M. Ward, chairman of the Department of Music...
...Edward Ditson Professor of Music, announce his resignation, because, he said, "a quarter of a century is enough." He joined the HGC as assistant accompanist in 1921, and was named assistant conductor in 1925, as well as conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society. In 1933, upon the resignation of Archibald "Doc" Davison, he was named conductor of the HGC. In the summer of 1956, Woodworth led the Club on a triumphant concert tour of Europe, its first visit there since...
...soloists were excellent both times. Bruce Archibald managed a stormy piano part without the slightest bit of over-percussiveness. His solo variation sounded almost Romantic, and his pedalling was particularly effective. Linda Schein's violin solo, especially the muted sections, had a haunting quality. Mr. Greenebaum's conducting was steady and commanding throughout...
...Archibald Lee Moore, light-heavyweight champion of the world, kept the transcontinental call properly terse. "You wanna fight Willi Besmanoff in Louisville the night before the Derby?" asked Archie's manager in New York. "How much?" asked Archie in San Diego. "Ten thousand." Said Archie: "I'll be there...