Word: wildering
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...almost militant, straight backed chairs, have attracted many notables. Genevieve remembers William Faulkner, who used to eat lunch in the same corner every day, as "a small man, sharp blue eyes and a moustache. He seemed to be watching for something and always ordered Coq au Vin."Thornton Wilder and Miro frequented the restaurant, but neither made the impression on Genevieve that Louis Jouvet did, in a single visit. He came to Henri IV early one evening, out of temper and unwilling to talk. With some escargots and two bottles of Chateauncuf du pape all this changed. He stayed until...
Mermin's prize, unspecified, will come from the Wilder fund. Klein will receive $500 after his manuscript has been received by the University Press...
David Mormin '56 has been awarded the Elizabeth Wilder Prize for 1953-53 has been awarded to Burton H. Klein '40 for his thesis entitled "Germany's Economic Preparations...
...Nominated Samuel Wilder King, 66, to be governor of Hawaii. Republican King, who has Hawaiian blood, was delegate to Congress from the island territory (1935-42), graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a naval officer in both World Wars...
...Gopher enjoyed life in an appendix. For three chapters they stumbled from party to punch, from dance to debut. Pearl Harbor disrupted things; it made the parties wilder and more frequent. And then they all went into the army, all the bright young men. When they came back, some, like Gopher Marsh, had high resolves which vanished quickly, in an alcoholic solvent. Most returned happily to entertain the same old friends and same old ideas. A few, like Gus Taylor, escaped to reality...