Word: daves
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Influence & Intellect. Born in Pittsburgh on June 18, 1889, he went to work at 14 as an office boy for a leader of the moribund local Democratic machine. As labor's influence began to grow, the party began to revive, and Dave Lawrence became a tough, effective precinct captain. In 1912, he attended the Democratic presidential convention, was smitten with the polish and intellect of the nominee that year, Woodrow Wilson. Sighed Lawrence: "That man has the real class...
...decades later-after he had himself taken over the Allegheny County machine and the state party organization-Dave Lawrence demonstrated his own kind of big-league class: he delivered Pennsylvania for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936-the first time since 1856 that a Democratic presidential candidate had carried the state. By 1944, Lawrence had enough national clout to stem a convention tide favoring the renomination of Henry A. Wallace as F.D.R.'s Vice President. Amid a storm of boos on the convention floor. Lawrence demanded and won a recess. By the time the sessions resumed the next day, Wallace...
...front, Brandeis has senior Barry Zimmerman, who has averaged 20 points per game but is a trifle small to be a forward -- he's 5 ft. 11 in. The other forward is freshman Bob Nayer (6 ft. 5 in.) and the center is junior Dave Jacobson (6 ft. 6 in.). The guards are both sophs who started last year: Mario Gil and Steve Katzman, both...
Captain Bob Damus, who nearly made the final round of the Eastern last year, is a standout on the weakest Crimson sabre team in years. Dave Redmond a two-year letterman, is second man. Although sophomore Bob Barnard will probably fence today, another sophomore--Ron Winfield--may take his place soon as third sabre...
...sophomore, Baker usually ran second behind senior Dave Allen, and he finished 40th in the IC4A's that year. As a freshman, Baker was considered the greatest distance runner ever to enter Harvard: he had run a 4:14.9 mile and a 9:14 two-mile as an English school...