Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Aside from the 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...
...heat of inspiration, Vincent Van-Gogh could put in a straight eleven-hour stretch before his easel, then sit down and write: "These colors give me extraordinary exaltation. I have no thought of fatigue; I shall do another picture this very night, and I shall bring it off. I have a terrible lucidity at moments when nature is so beautiful; I am not conscious of myself any more, and the pictures come to me as in a dream...
...cold and distant that friends appear merely as puppets. Not so in this book-as is evident from Biographer Ervine's memorable description of Mrs. Sidney Webb and her husband, both Shaw's fellow Fabians: "Her embraces sometimes seemed more like assaults than endearments. [Sidney] would sit in his chair, with a statistical abstract in one hand and a White Paper in the other, while she balanced on his lap like an entranced houri...
...immediate future. Weaver planned to sit back and "look at TV with an open mind, evaluate what I have done for NBC." Actually. Weaver has every reason to sit back for a while: he got a $200,000-plus settlement, but if he goes to work for a rival network before July 1, 1957, he must forfeit about one-fourth...
...Lewis turned his home town into Main Street, an overnight literary sensation. Lewis was then 35, and Gracie thinks fame came too early. He and Gracie and their 3-year-old son Wells (named for H.G.) took ship for England and the captain of the Carmania asked them to sit at his table. "Jeezus!" cried Lewis in the very accents of Main Street. "There's something to this being a Famooser...