Word: careering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...able correspondent Clinton W. Gilbert explained rather suggestively how she happens to be in charge of prohibition cases: "Now, do you suppose any man having, as all men have, excellent prospects of being later in his career Senator, Cabinet member, President or, at least,Vice-President, would handle those cases? Either the wets or the drys would surely be alienated, and then what would become of his political future? It was inevitably a woman...
When the meeting opened, Mr. Duncan suggested that, by virtue of his long service, he himself deserved the Presidency to round out his career. Then someone nominated Mr. Green, saying that it was necessary to choose a man who might be re-elected by the convention of the Federation. No other nomination was made; and eight votes were cast for William Green (he and Duncan not voting). Then Mr. Duncan offered his resignation as Vice President, saying that he intended to retire...
Born of Slavic parentage at Racine, Wis., Mr. Hecht punctuated his career in Chicago with Eric Dorn, "most ar resting novel of 1921." Humpty Dumpty is a replica of that book, with new characters and an amplified concatenation of philosophical firecrackers. Other Hechtiana: A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago (sketches), Gargoyles (flaying journalistic and juridical hypocrisies), The Florentine Dagger (a mystery novel, alleged to have been written in 24 hours, on a bet), Fantasius Mallare and its sequel, The Kingdom of Evil (studies in the elephantiasis of carnal lust, for the first of which Author Hecht, being poor...
...been its President. As long ago as 1910, he signed a contract to serve in that post for 20 years, at a salary of $30,000 a year. For many, many years he was a sort of Grand Khan of the sport. He lias fought many battles during his career as President of the American League, serene in the confidence of his own ability to deal properly and effectively with whatever situation might arise...
...dreamy voice? yet for all this shyness, this modesty, both in personality and in print, a furious and insistent egotist. His future, it seems to me, depends largely on his ability or inability to come to some conclusion about himself. He should go a step farther in his egocentric career. He should come out boldly to himself with the statement that he undoubtedly believes what many of his critics announce. Why not say it out loud, Mr. Anderson: "I am the American Balzac...