Word: davids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time, the truth was hard to come by. The aggrieved bus driver said that, when he failed to pull his bus out of the way of Rivera's car, the famed muralist had pumped bullets at him from a .45 semiautomatic. "Nonsense," cried Artist David Siqueiros. At the moment Rivera was supposed to have been squeezing the trigger, he was actually in Jose Clemente Orozco's apartment heaving charges of artistic ineptitude at his host and Siqueiros himself...
Behind Kilty were a number of players who one felt could fulfill the requirements of their roles in any production. Thayer David as the King was impressive in voice and appearance both, adding stylized bits to his interpretation particularly effectively. Charles Sedgwick, in the part of Worcester, was perfect, his modulated voice giving the role its necessary malevolence...
Although his corporate connections not him what one colleague terms "a large income," Dean David earnestly insists that these are completely subsidiary" to the underlying interest in education which returned him to Cambridge. Central features in the School's program--the famed case system for one--depend on the support of business leaders. He calls his own business activities psychologically crucial in winning tycoon response...
...Dean David's genius for getting along with all sorts of individuals and getting them to do what he wishes constitutes a towering organizational talent. Directorates so respect the corollary good judgement that for the Dean's convenience they have arranged their meetings to fall consecutively in a week-long stretch once each month. They turn to him especially when a problem involving people arises. He is said to have chosen at least three corporation presidents. A behind - the - scenes power with Averell Harriman, Dean David may well expect offers of a Cabinet post...
...interviews with visiting firemen. He mixes a wicked martini (olive included) evenings 'at home.' Weekends with his wife Both he points his Cadillae toward Osterville on the Cape. There in a twelve-room hideaway (one forthcoming complete with tennis court will overlook the sea) he can unbend briefly. Dean David likes gardening: behind the custom-tailored exterior and million-dollar glad-hand he is fundamentally informal and original-thinking. "He works with stuffed shirts very well indeed," Associate Dean Stanley Teele has noted, "but he doesn't like...