Word: careers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...impressed . . . by the manner in which the details of my career were gleaned from all parts of the country in a few weeks' time and then so effectively pressed into a capsule of four pages [TIME, Oct. 20]. The next time I want to cut a show, I'll call...
...students of Lincoln. But when World War I began he crammed his air training into three days, served in France as a combat aviator. He was to be a squadron commander, came home unscathed-although he had crashed seven times-and settled down in Concord to begin a political career...
...Brien once wagered $100,000 on him at 1-to-100, and picked up an easy $1,000. Big Red's owner, Pennsylvanian Sam Riddle, once refused a $1,000,000 offer for his wonder horse. Riddle retired him to stud in the prime of his career. "Improving the breed," now a worn-penny phrase spoken cynically around the tracks, had meaning in Man o' War's case. Only the choicest mares were bred to Man o' War-at $5,000 a try. The results were top quality, as with everything...
Trouble for a Career. "Everyone was either for us or against us," Siqueiros remembers. The painters had to carry guns to protect themselves and their work. They all lived in tenements in the center of town, partying, painting and loving violently. Siqueiros' love-life was characteristically impetuous; he had a long succession of lady friends...
Despite a tempestuous career marked by frequent American Federation of Labor raids and the oft-repeated charge that it is a "company union," the Harvard University Employees Representative Association will celebrate its tenth birthday in January...