Search Details

Word: careered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Thus did he carry on through a long and honorable career of public service. Last week his death was reported under dramatic circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Career's End | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

...Verdi's Rigoletto and in Covent Garden (London) in 1888, when she sang the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor which always remained her favorite role. In 1893, she appeared at La Scala, Milan, and made her first visit to the U. S. Then began her brilliant career ; her "liquid voice" became known in every opera house in the world, in Germany, Austria, Spain, England, Holland, France. She made many visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Melba Farewell | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

What better way is there of enjoying a benevolent old age than to say bluntly what one thinks ? A long and honorable career excuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Enjoying Life | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

Aged 50, Marconi has already had a long career. In 1890 he began his experiments to prove that an electric current can pass through any substance-and that it can follow an undeviating course, in whatever direction it may be started, with no need for a wire or other conductor. In 1897 he won a great triumph-he succeeded in sending a message from Queen Victoria, ashore, to Edward of Wales aboard the royal yacht. Two years later he first came to the U. S., and has visited this country from time to time ever since. The amazing new wireless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Marconi as Prophet | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

George II, onetime King of the Greeks: "Paris despatches pictured me broke, seeking a business career compatible with my dignity. It was said that, could I find a good impresario, I would prefer to write plays for stage and film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Jul. 14, 1924 | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

Previous | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | Next