Word: careers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when the pair tied up the railways. "These two men," the President had rasped-"Mister Whitney and Mister Johnston." Whitney has since forgiven Mr. Truman, and has announced that he will back him for renomination. Johnston is a Republican. He is a plain, blunt man who started his career as a callboy, vaguely resembles John L. Lewis, is publicly crotchety and privately pleasant...
...have never attempted anything serious because I think young writers take themselves too seriously," said Wood, who retired recently after two years as president of the Lampoon. He graduates this June, but has no definite plans for a literary career...
...Career. A former newspaper editor and publisher, he has been elected to only one public office: U.S. Senator. He was appointed early in 1928 to fill an unexpired term, elected in November 1928, re-elected in 1934, 1940, 1946. Except for Kansas' aging Arthur Capper, he is the ranking Republican in the Senate, has been president pro tem since January...
Mackenzie King had set his heart on breaking Walpole's record. When the great day came, no one knew exactly what to say. There had been so many landmarks to note in his long career that only weathered phrases were left. M.P.s rang what changes they could in the House last week. King himself declared with conscious modesty: "Today's record makes clear that to gain and to retain power in a free country . . . it is not necessary [to] be either a superman or a dictator...
Except for their political tenacity, there were few obvious resemblances between Canada's King and Britain's Walpole. King, grandson of William Lyon Mackenzie, who in 1837 led a futile rebellion against the tight clique ruling Upper Canada, began his career as a social worker. Walpole, to the manor born, worked for the good of the landed gentry. A high liver, a great man for the ladies, he was also a follower of the hounds. Bachelor Mackenzie King lives austerely. Though he has been known to ride, he would be miserable in a pink coat...