Word: predecessor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME. Dec. 16, that Hoover is asking for appropriations for another commission. This "beaver man,'' as you called him last year, is undoubtedly starting things moving. Many of us old Timers are wondering if he is not undertaking too much. Personally I prefer the policy of his predecessor, who sat still, said nothing, and acted, when he acted, chiefly on the recommendations of big bankers-men who knew what they were doing...
...face-long, pointed, with fun-filled eyes-is that of Patrick Sullivan, born on St. Patrick's Day 64 years ago in County Cork, Ireland. Governor Emerson of Wyoming appointed him to the Warren vacancy. Since 1917 he has been Wyoming's Republican National Committeeman. Like his predecessor a wealthy sheep rancher, Senator Sullivan grew up with the West, prospered with its oil. He lives at Casper in the State's finest mansion. Plain, bighearted, full of fight or banter, Irishman Sullivan was undisturbed by reports that the Senate might question his right to membership because...
...Joseph Rosenstock, new German conductor from Wiesbaden (TIME, Nov. 11) resigned. As the result of critics' railings, he admitted to nervous collapse, presented a doctor's certificate advising retirement. Artur Bodanzky, his predecessor, will return temporarily as guest conductor...
...first won his reputation as a story teller with the novels, "The Beginning of Wisdom" and "Spanish Bayonet". His earliest poetic piece was "Five, Men and Pompey", written in 1915 just after he graduated from Yale. This was followed by "Heaven and Earth", which, with its predecessor, announced a vigorous new voice in American poetry...
...dinner. Beside him sat Chancellor Samuel Paul Capen, son of Elmer Hewitt Capen (onetime Tufts College President), acquired with the new campus in 1922. Stirringly spoke Trustee Cooke: "You are going to be the keepers of the city's honor in your lifetime." Of Chancellor Capen's predecessor he said: "Think of good old Charley Norton, serving with unflagging energy and faith for so many years! Maybe somewhere he is listening in tonight...