Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...definitely abandoned business for a literary career in 1920, he says, after reading his first volume of the Alexander Hamilton business course...
...luncheon given in the Union yesterday' "Eddie" Canlor, now starring in "Kid Boots," was the guest of honor. In a witty and informative speech, he recounted many of his opinions and much of his stage career...
Dramatic critics also aroused Mr. Cantor's satire because of the unfairness which they frequently show toward plays. He closed by an outline of his career interspersed with much good advice for youthful aspirants to the drama, and drew great applause by an offer to return at some future date to give a song recital accompanied by his orchestra...
...Floor Leader to succeed Mr. Longworth (as Mr. Longworth had promised if he won), a little more business was transacted and in less than an hour and a half the caucus was over. Mr. Longworth-"Nick," wearer of spats, genial, just a bit aristocratic -had advanced his career another step. To be sure, the probability is that, as Speaker, he will have less power than in his former post. The days of Thomas B. Reed, when the Speaker was "Czar," are gone forever. Reed, the sarcastic, the quick-witted, with his New England drawl, and his 200 pounds of avoirdupois...
...room was taken down. The Senator lay in bed, his hand over his mouth as if to stop the flow of blood which covered the bedclothes. He had died about an hour before, so quickly that he had not had time to summon aid. Thus ended his career-a career that began in a family of distinction and ended at a time when, although he had suffered a temporary political setback, it was still apparently on the crescendo. He came from the family of "Harvester" McCormicks. The three members of the family in the generation which first attained fame were...