Word: careering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Destiny is a strange thing. For some men it flows evenly, broadening like a river. For others it expands like a gas. If the expansion is hurried there may be an explosion and a man's career will settle to earth in floccules of soot...
That "there was nothing abnormal in his career save his well-known heretical views on the authenticity of the Bible...
Since 1925 Colonel Morrow has been quietly presiding over his commission, having previously been Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. A close lipped Army career man, he would neither affirm nor deny, last week, reports that his commission is on the point of submitting its completed findings to President Coolidge, who acts, by request of Chile & Peru, as a gingerly umpire of the dispute...
Last week, the ship-news reporter of the New York Times, went down New York Bay, boarded the incoming S. S. Majestic, examined the passenger list, sought interviews. Joseph Paul Day, Manhattan realtor, "who has auctioned off more than a billion dollars worth of real estate during his career," was the hero of the article the newsgatherer subsequently wrote. "Among his fellow passengers were H. E. Mansville of Johns-Mansville, Inc., W. R. Timken of the Timken Roller Bearing Co. and Bowman Gray of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco...
...unguarded moment he wrote "Alice in Wonderland," the use of a pseudonym did not serve to veil the identity of the author. He was annoyed at his trivialities attracting public notice--so annoyed that he snubbed the great Victoria when she manifested interest. He did not wish his professional career blighted by a light comedy reputation...