Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Carl August de Gersdorff, 78, senior member of the famed Manhattan law firm of Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood; after long illness; in Manhattan. Born in Salem, Mass., the son of a doctor, he went to Harvard ('87), became associated with a predecessor of the present firm in 1891, after four years was made a partner, was best known for his work in railroad reorganizations (Denver & Rio Grande, Missouri Pacific, Kansas & Texas, Western Pacific, and Frisco) and his active longtime directorships of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Missouri Pacific. His death leaves Robert Taylor Swaine, 57, the only...
Died. Robert John Kirby, 54, warden of Sing Sing, like his predecessor, Lewis E. Lawes, an opponent of capital punishment; of pneumonia; in Ossining...
...harpsichord was the piano's great predecessor. In the first half of the 18th Century, it was as popular as the piano is today. The finest composers of the century wrote for it prolifically. The harpsichord repertory includes a mass of rich and fascinating music...
...born George W. Healy, on a ten-months leave of absence from his job as managing editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The reserved Mr. Healy had no plans for any change in the Domestic Branch's inherited setup. When he returns next October to Louisiana, his predecessor may be well on his way back to Washington, though in another branch of government. For the State of Oregon will have to pick a new Senator...
Long, Long Ago may not be quite up to its predecessor, but in the field of storytelling it is, at its best, near tops...