Word: williamsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most people can't do it. When Charles Maier's contract came up for review last winter, his book was still in manuscript. While that may have been a factor in his case, the tenure bid of his colleague, Samuel R. Williamson, was also shot down. And Williamson had already written one prize-winning book and had another book in the works...
When asked if he thought the job of Senior Tutor of Kirkland House hurt his prospects for tenure, Sam Williamson said only, "It didn't help." Williamson served as Senior Tutor during the hectic days of radical political activity. The chores of the position eat away research time. They also prevent a man from building his departmental reputation and keep him from doing the requisite number of favors for his senior colleagues...
...task of guarding roads and villages, American "advisers" not only taught their inexperienced charges but frequently led them into combat as well -on the rare occasions that ARVN was allowed to "liberate" a Viet Cong hamlet. Nowadays advisers barely even advise. In fact, says Major Jerry G. Williamson, a veteran of three tours in Viet Nam, "these guys don't really need advising. We're mostly out here to talk to FAC [forward air control] pilots and coordinate air strikes...
Charley also boasts an ex-athlete in a starring role. As Nigger Charley, Fred Williamson (called "the Hammer" as a former halfback for pro football's Kansas City Chiefs) staggers through the whole film in what seems to be a mild state of concussion, as if he'd been roughed up in a scrimmage. Williamson and Johnson were apparently recruited not only for their athletic prowess but for their pectorals. Both are frequently required to shed their shirts and flex their chests. This provokes lustful cooings from any black women in the vicinity as well as envy...
...third side has two old blues songs, also performed live, and three studio cuts on which Duane plays. The two live numbers, "One Way Out" by Sonny Boy Williamson and "Trouble No More" by Muddy Waters, are both prime examples of the group's tightness. The lead guitars, the vocals, the bass, are all working together in a way that most rock bands simply cannot...