Word: careers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philip Sassoon, a handsome, immaculate Jew, has had an astounding career for a man of his age. Scion of two immensely wealthy families? the Sassoons and the Rothschilds?he is one of the richest men in England. His enemies ascribe much of his rapid advancement to his money, although all who know him have called him able...
Admiral Magruder: "I have been lucky in my career up to this time, but it has been the mistake of my life that I have talked too much. Navy men are taught to keep their mouths shut...
...began his career studying medicine, a profession from which he retired in 1882 at the age of 38. He had, too, been brought up in what is called the "old school": he went to Eton with half the Victorian aristocracy and then to Oxford with the other half. In other words, he "belonged"-a saying that implies equality within the hallowed circle of the blue blooded...
...other colleges. She avoids the one by greatly decreasing the number of required subjects, only requiring (after Freshman year, which also is much freer than in most colleges) four courses altogether. She avoids the other by having her students plan their whole course early in their college career and most of all by assigning them tutors, whose business it is to supply just that direction that is lacking in Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell...
Mencken is a stocky Dutchman whose appearance suggests the beer-drinking of which he is notoriously fond. He is a polite man socially although certain vulgarisms which he permits himself in private have led to a contrary impression. His writing career began in his native town, on the Baltimore Sun, to the editorial staff of which he now belongs. With Mr. Nathan he rose to repute as one of the editors of the Smart Set, and to fame as the editor of the American Mercury which the two started in 1923. Two years ago he toured, in eccentric fashion, part...