Word: careers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...both came back confirmed. Thus did Secretary of State Hull escape from a quandary, for Sumner Welles, a dapper, twice-married 44, and "Judge" Moore, a hardheaded, bachelor 78, both Assistant Secretaries, had virtually deadlocked in their claims for promotion. Mr. Welles, an expert on Latin American affairs, a career diplomat of 22 years' standing, had set his heart on becoming Under Secretary. "Judge" Moore (whose title was conferred upon him conversationally by his colleagues during the twelve years he served Virginia in the House of Representatives) has been with the State Department only since Cordell Hull picked...
Hence Secretary Hull first got Congress to revive the job of "Counselor," co-equal with Under Secretary in rank and pay ($10,000). The younger, career diplomat, he gave an office adjoining his own, the right to be Acting Secretary in his absence. To the older, amateur diplomat he gave an office two doors away, a closer place as his personal adviser on semilegal and political problems. In short, Sumner Welles will wear the spats, Judge Moore the carpet slippers...
Tunis lists as the chief requirements for honorary degrees under our system a fat pocket-book, a same of publicity value, an influential place in politics, or the position of college president. There are, to be sure, other avenues of entrance into the charmed circle, such as a career in education, sciences, literature, or journalism, but at a modern American commencement men from these fields are definitely playing "minor league" and as a rule are far from distinguished even at their own work...
...vast industrial population and employed 15 curates, but right across Spithead (scene of this week's Coronation Naval Review), was the Isle of Wight, and on the Isle of Wight sat aging Queen Victoria. Cosmo Lang was soon Queen Victoria's favorite preacher at Osborne, and his career was assured...
Give a dog an ill name, says the proverb, and he'll soon be hanged. Hang a man for piracy and he'll be known as a bloody pirate to all posterity. Captain Kidd, who ended his career in a gibbet on Execution Dock, has become the legendary archetype of brutal buccaneer. Says Biographer Wilkins: poor Captain Kidd was a much-maligned man. In a 411-page examination of the contemporary documents in Kidd's case, Sleuth Wilkins sniffs the cold, obscured trail like an eager beagle. His beaglish enthusiasm, indeed, takes Author Wilkins in a wide...