Word: careering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...name of two brothers Van Sweringen is accented in countless columns dealing with rail mergers, gigantic, planned, accomplished. Newswriters refer to them as giants, geniuses, masterminds; tell and retell the story of their amazing career. O. P. Van Sweringen was born 47 years ago, his brother two years later, in Wooster, Ohio. Denied extensive education, they sold newspapers, saved, moved to Cleveland, worked as office boys, saved more. Borrowing, they purchased a wooded tract near Cleveland, pronounced it the future residence district. Borrowing more, they made their land accessible by rapid transit, bought more land. They still buy. Twelve square...
Gurney has been studying abroad for an operatic career, when he decided to abandon it and devote himself to business. As a result he came to the Graduate School and is taking part in the Glee Club's concerts. He sings second bass, Beaman singing baritone and Atwater being first tenor...
Another St. Louis-Harvard man is Frederick Augustine Sterling. He was a big ranchman and woolen manufacturer until he was 35, when he began his diplomatic career at Petrograd. Since then he has toasted monarchs and men at Peking, at Petrograd again, at Washington, Paris, Lima. He has been second in command of the U. S. embassy in London since 1923. In 1922 the Irish Free State was founded. Last week the Secretary of State announced his appointment as first U. S. Minister to that part of Ireland which is governed from Dublin. Many an Irish-American was vexed that...
...loud were the praises for the Administration for having made its appointments from "career men," not politicians...
Whatever Hoppe's philosophy of the game it has shown its worth in the 32 years of his billiard experience. He began his career at the age of seven and since that time has been three times holder of the world title, the first time for an unbroken period of 15 years, from...