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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Joseph Lifrak '29, of Fall River, was elected captain of next year's wrestling team at Notman's Studio yesterday afternoon to succeed Thorndike Dudley Howe Jr., of Boston. Lifrak prepared at Durfee High, where he was a star athlete. He was named by several papers as an all-state halfback during his preparatory school days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MATMEN ELECT LIFRAK CAPTAIN FOR COMING YEAR | 3/23/1928 | See Source »

...Peru having raised no objection, President Coolidge appointed Alexander Pollock Moore, hearty Pittsburgher, to succeed Miles Poindexter of Seattle as U. S. Ambassador at Lima...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Mar. 19, 1928 | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...hope to succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Again, Walker | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

Last week Egyptian public opinion continued hostile to the new treaty proposed by Great Britain which would confirm while slightly relaxing her intervention (TIME, March 12). As a result no Cabinet could be formed to succeed that of Sarwat Pasha who tendered his resignation last fortnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Flat Defy | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...most of the presidential possibilities, Willis served his political apprenticeship in a law office. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1906, and later sat in the State Assembly for two years. A seat in the House of Representatives held him for two Congresses, when he resigned to succeed James M. Cox as Governor of Ohio. The Senate took him from the Governor's chair, and now a group of Republicans is boosting him as an opponent for Governor Vic Donahey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Presidential Possibilities | 3/17/1928 | See Source »

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