Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flint and steel which were used by our ancestors until recently for fire-making are but a degree removed from the flint and from pyrites, their immediate predecessor, which were common among the northern peoples of America, and also in Europe in ancient times. The Malay tribes, however, long ago perfected several methods of fire-making, the most interesting of which is the fire syringe, which ignites tinder by simple air compression...
...looking back over the political history of this state, we see that there have been many examples in recent years of college men in high public positions. Governor Coolidge was a college man, Governor McCall was a college man, and his predecessor, Governor Walsh, was also a college man. In fact most of the governors of Massachusetts have had a college education. Governor Crane is a notable exception; although one of the best governors the state has ever had, he was not a college...
...growing it is also bringing to the University the added instruction which must invariably attach itself to any task of such merit. Advancing at its present high standard, there is no reason why its name should not reach to every corner of civilization, as that of its predecessor in England has already done. Printing has made wide-spread culture possible; it has also brought us the dime novel and the news-stand magazine; but its final vindication, will go unchallenged so long as there is in existence an extensive machinery for the publication of that rara avis--a good book...
...uncompromising attitude and be successful with the British foreign office as it is now constituted. Thus, although deserving of praise in many ways, there are many misgivings over his fitness as a diplomat, which make it doubtful whether he will be able to equal the standard set by his predecessor in diplomatic circles...
Altogether his Honor found much to amuse and instruct him. Something of the ardor of his Arabian predecessor must have led Mr. Peters to adopt this romantic and effective method of gaining first-hand information. It is so un-American. Perhaps if we could but infuse a little more of this spirit into our other officials, they would gain a clearer insight into the true needs of the people than they often seem to possess...