Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Paradoxically the Prince of Piombino was among the first of Italian nobles to resign from the Catholic Party and enroll in the Fascist, immediately after the "March on Rome" (Oct. 27, 1922). Since then he has enjoyed a career as Deputy and Undersecretary of the Treasury. Particularly has he pleased Il Duce by introducing ultra modern farm machinery and methods on his ancient estates...
Denying reports of imminent nuptials, Professional-Tennis-Player Suzanne Lenglen announced that she had finished her career as a tournament tennis player. Said she: "I shall never play tennis again, either as an amateur or a professional. ... I shall continue to play the game for my amusement...
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., young publisher of three tabloids which died quickly, was completely reconciled, last week, with his parents, Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. "They no longer oppose my career as a journalist," said Son Vanderbilt, as he continued writing pieces for syndicates and magazines to help pay off his tabloid debts...
...chewer knows, married the Cinderella of the Canadian woods, entered last week the Harvard Medical School. He took up residence with his wife (nee Lena Wilson) in Brookline, Mass. Said she: "This home of ours is really a student home. My husband has to study hard, you know. . . . His career is ahead of him and he doesn't want to be interrupted by too much gaiety...
...Eckener plans to pilot the Count Zeppelin to the U. S. and establish a regular trans-Atlantic passenger service, as the culmination of his career. Long before the World War, he worked with the late Count Zeppelin in converting the clumsy blimp into the streamlined airship. The change was essentially the perfection of a light and rigid duraluminum framework within the gas bag (envelope). The result was a superb instrument of war-with long cruising radius and many-bomb capacity. Terms of peace made it necessary for Dr. Eckener to bring Zeppelin ZR3 to the U. S., where...