Word: careers
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Bearer's Progress. Seldom has a man risen so far and so fast in Dominion political life. Descendant of New England Tories of Revolutionary War days-he sometimes refers to his "New England conscience"-Doug Abbott had nothing to do with politics until he was 41. His career was law, his sports were bridge, golf, curling and fishing. Born in 1899 (at Lennoxville, Quebec), he served overseas in World War I, returned to finish his law studies. By 1940 he had a pretty wife, three children, a medium-sized income in a medium-sized Montreal law firm...
...young Philadelphia lawyer named Robert Allman was well on his way last week to making a hobby into a successful career. With his sixth sportcast over Station KYW, Bob Allman was getting 100 fan letters a week and nibbles from would-be sponsors. His 15-minute program is much like dozens of other sport roundups all over the U.S. He gives a brief resume of the week's highlights and the day's scores, follows up with an "editorial" on some topic of the day (the Durocher case, Jackie Robinson, etc.) and an interview with a visiting athlete...
Bell-Ringer. Whitehead began his teaching career 62 years ago as a mathematician at Cambridge. He and his famous pupil, Bertrand Russell, worked together for nine years on their Principia Mathematica, now on the St. John's list of the 100 Great Books, but strictly for specialists. Whitehead later became professor of mathematics at the University of London, quit (at 63) when faced with automatic retirement and came to the U.S. to start a new career on Harvard's philosophy faculty. He has written some 20 books on mathematics, science and philosophy (best-known: Science and the Modern...
Just one year ago, on Derby Day, he ran the first race of his career, and romped home nine lengths ahead. But only a few saw him do it. It was the first race of the day, run off at high noon, a time when most Derby fans are still at breakfast (annoying waitresses by calling them "honeychile" in phony Southern accents), being accosted by the "three-card monte" players near the stables, or having their first mint julep of the day at the Churchill Downs...
When crossed, Wilson was intransigent, bitter, even vindictive. "Wilson's intransigence in the matter of [the eating clubs], his refusal to compromise . . . his refusal to treat tolerantly those who opposed him were among the major mistakes of his career." In the graduate-school fight, Wilson "shifted from one issue to another and it was almost impossible to tell where he . . . stood. . . . The vagaries of his mind during this period are unfathomable...