Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remarkable. . . . Willis advanced by leaps and bounds in college; and while yet in knee pants, so to speak, became a teacher and professor of law. His neighbors sent him to the legislature of his own state, then later to the lower house of Congress and so proud of his career were the people, that they put him in the seat occupied by the beloved William McKinley as Governor. The one time he was defeated for office was not by a Democrat or a Republican but by John Barleycorn-just before this sum total of all things iniquitous was kicked into...
...choosing a new Minister to Egypt, to succeed Senator Willis' friend, J. Morton Howell, the President listened to Senator Swanson (Virginia) and prepared to elevate Franklin Mott Gunther, a "career man" from New York and Virginia and whose 20-year service has embraced France, Nicaragua, Portugal, Brazil, Norway, Britain, Holland, Italy and the Mexican division of the State Department...
...this time there has been no important law enacted which bears his name. There has been no great adventure in which he suddenly flashed before the public. He has advanced to power and responsibility through the successful repetition of an orthodox routine. And between the colorful career of ol' Cap Curtis boy and the conventional existence of Charles Curtis. Senator, there is a gulf as wide as if these two were different persons...
...series of articles, dealing with the career and qualifications of each of the ten candidates, will appear in the CRIMSON. These articles, written by political authorities of national repute, will be reprinted by courtesy of The Independent, and will make their first appearance at an early date, to continue until a few days before the poll...
...questionnaire covers quite completely all phases of a students career in College. It contains numerous questions of a sort which will enable the secretary in his first report to summarize many interesting important phases of undergraduate life. Some of these cover such topics as expenses in college, marriage of undergraduates, drinking, and opinions on courses in general. A feature of the questionnaire is the fact that it gives the individual ample opportunity to express his candid views on the more vital functions of the college, such as the system of divisional examinations at present followed, the tutorial system, the Reading...