Word: weaver
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mississippi-born Playwright Williams, 33, perhaps the surest weaver of vapors now writing for the U.S. stage, is a stocky, rather intense-looking fellow. He got that look, he explains, during his many years as a "rootless, wandering writer . . . clawing and scratching along a sheer surface and holding on tight with raw fingers"-years in which he worked as bellhop, elevator operator, movie usher, teletypist, warehouse handyman and verse-spieling waiter in a Greenwich Village bistro...
...experience proved to be the deciding factor as the Freshman lacrosse team went down to a surprisingly hard fought 9 to 7 defeat at the hands of the Boston Lacrosse Club "B" team Saturday afternoon. The Summary: HARVARD BEC Chamberlain, g. Harford, g. Forsyth, pt. Kirkpatrick, pt. McDonald, c.pt. Weaver, c.pt. Spence, ld. Edmunds, ld. Claflin, 2d. Pickson, 2d. Birdsall, c. Goff, c. Zeigler, 2a. Dobservale, 2a. Bezanson, 1a. Coffin, 1a. Davidson, o.h. Clurman, o.h. Aibel, i.h. Wilson...
...trial, 23 of them charged with the attempted murder of four white policemen in the ill-famed Mink Slide race riot at Columbia (TIME, March 11). Now, after one hour and 53 minutes of deliberation, the verdict was in: two guilty; 23 not guilty. Exclaimed white Defense Attorney Maurice Weaver jubilantly: "A victory for Americanism...
...Attorney Weaver was holding himself in. In the more than seven months following the night of shooting, Southern race prejudice had got such a thorough airing that acquittal for any of the defendants seemed like a minor miracle...
Room Service. In Los Angeles, robbers slugged Harvey Weaver, carried him home, changed his clothes, put him to bed, left with his suit...