Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...then on the whole of his 'varsity life was literally one honor after another. Small wonder that his contemporaries predicted great things for him. But, though he was successful at Oxford, his success at the bar, while not so swift, gave him the surest foundation for his political career. As a young barrister he reached the pinnacle of his fame in his able management of the great case between The Times and Parnell (1888-1890). A year later, he "took silk" (became a Queen's Counsellor, a sort of Elder Barrister...
Another quick turn of the coat is the latest stunt in the political career of Raisuli, the Moroccan Houdini. So many shifts from the Spanish to the Mohammedan sides of this little war, and then back again, have left all but his followers certain that he is, after all, only on his own side...
Justice. Attorney General Stone, the teacher of law, he, the greatest part of whose career has been within the precincts of learning, was nominated for transfer to the Supreme Bench. It was suggested that in the Cabinet ha had proved too nonpolitical, that the handshakings and granting of little favors which is the politician's life and success, did not come easily...
Slender, like Pershing, and youthful in appearance and manner. General Bullard has always lived at a rapid pace, and the conclusion of his career was no exception. The last few days were filled with enough activities, social and military, completely to wear out an ordinary...
...succeeded by Major General Charles P. Summerall, eight years his junior, ruddy, stocky, a bit grim, a man who through a large part of his career has followed in General Bullard's footsteps, being given post after post as General Bullard relinquished...