Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Essential Thing." The time for decision pressed on French politicians. Mayer's predecessor, Antoine Pinay, who had himself refused to submit EDC to the Assembly during his 9½ months as Premier, last week came out for it, and even had a few words of criticism for those who oppose it. "These people who want more out of others while giving up less themselves," said he, "let them give us an effective formula . . . Never forget that while we may be the masters of timing in the organization of Europe, we are not masters of the timing in the organization...
Whitney Darrow's president will be ready. He will press a button in his suit, blink his eyes once or twice, turn to his smiling predecessor and say, "Noli timere, o vir Harvardiensis, ad astra per aspera...
...complexity of modern airplanes multiplies as each new model flies faster and further than its predecessor. For this reason, plane manufacturers are hiring men who were never before associated with aviation. Civil engineers, electronics men, and even chemists are eagerly sought after...
...this changed abruptly with last July's military coup, which resulted in Farouk's exile. General Mohammed Naguib showed himself to be just as sensitive to criticism as his predecessor, but less determined to censor criticism from abroad. After Naguib became a cover subject himself (TIME, Sept. 8), Correspondent Dave Richardson brought him a copy of the story. Entitled "A Good Man," the story told of the start of Naguib's rise to power...
...well with Dolly and brother Charles. As the Vice President's hostess, they insisted, Dolly was entitled to the same social precedence as a Vice President's wife. To settle the point, brother Charles asked for a decision from Secretary of State Henry Stimson. (Stimson's predecessor, Frank Kellogg, had irritated Curtis by ruling against Dolly.) After a chat with President Hoover, canny Henry Stimson ruled that the matter would have to be decided by the diplomatic corps. In a plenary session at the British Embassy, the harried diplomats gave the nod to Dolly Gann...