Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After running over the main points of Lee's career, General Maurice observes, "The Lee that I see was an essentially simple-minded man with a keen sense of duty and a perfect trust in God's providence. His nature was not such as to make him eager to investigate the complexities of involved political questions, and his military training was calculated to give him a strange distaste for such investigations." A caricature more libelous could hardly be conceived. To call Lee a simple-minded man is as unjust as in these days of Modernism to suggest that...
...nationally recognized student of political events, and has taken an active part in city and state politics as former Mayor Peters' secretary. He has closely followed President Coolidge's career since the latter became a figure of prominence in Massachusetts public life, and has written two books about...
...writer is that of changing the public's opinion of him. It is true not only of writers. The clown is forever wanting to play poet. The great decision that many writers, young and old, must make, do make, is to throw over everything in favor of a career of purely creative writing. The metamorphosis of writing from avocation to vocation is apt to involve many pains, bodily as well as mental. I know one boy who has given up the life of a sailor to write poetry. He goes without meals to carry out his ambition. Another, unwilling...
...Whiting has made a reputation in the journalistic world not only because of his popular "Whiting's Column", but also through his two books on President Coolidge, whose career he has followed very closely. The subject of his speech will be announced later. The meeting will be held at 7.30 P. M. in the Living Room...
...Hurry,' she cried to the policeman, 'Get help! He's sinking!' . . . 'Hell,' said Jones. Then he cornered Arootoo! . . ." Such statements, several to the page, enlighten this novel by Robert W. Service, loud versifier. The narrative concerns one Jerry Delane, whose career as a respectable member of society is cut short by an unjust imprisonment for safecracking. He becomes a pug, a hobo, a beachcomber, breaks noses in Frisco, hearts in Papeete. All these things Mr. Service has himself experienced; he also was once a reporter-doubtless a good one. In this book...