Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...back from the brink of the tomb to set France right. In a mood of whimsy, they recalled a few of the stray threads that tie up the life and personality of Clémenceau with the U. S. For example, the events of his long and incredibly active political career fall between two visits to the town of Stamford, Conn...
...first time in the history of musical criticism in the United States that a concert artist of Mme. Samaroff's rank and distinction has undertaken such work. As a rule, a successful concert career precludes the possibility of such an undertaking; and but for an accident Mme. Samaroff's many concert engagements would have taken her as far as the Pacific Coast during the next few months...
...Life. Here are the milestones at the beginning and the end of a remarkable career...
...Harvard was given all Sheldon's career. Son of a Maine clergyman, he was born in Waterville on November 21, 1851. It was an bale family: one of his brothers won distinction in law, another in medicine; a sister was one of the most effective teachers in Boston. After graduating from our College in 1872, with Highest Honors in Modern Languages, Sheldon spent years in study abroad, mostly in Berlin and Paris. In 1877 he was made Instructor in Modern Languages. Not until 1884 was he definitely assigned to the Romance side, which he regarded as his own; in that...
...Richard must be thought of as quarterback and captain-elect. His biography is briefly given: graduated (in 3% years) from Yale College in the class of 1920; has learned the department store business from the bottom up. Many other things are related of him-the anecdotes that barnacle the career of any unusual personality. Though not prepossessing in appearance, Richard Gimbel almost invariably gets what he wants. Perhaps it is a hotel room...