Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...believed that the probable recipient of the Francis Lee Higginson professorship will be Professor Rollins, who has taken over all of Professor Lowes' courses. Rumor also names Professor Magoun, who will take Professor Robinson's courses, or Professor Murdock to succeed to the Gurney professorship...
...Ding") Darling's second term as president of the National Wildlife Federation expires on May 1. At the meeting in Detroit last month, David A. Aylward, first vice president, was elected to succeed...
...where the local C. I. O. and A. F. of L. are ... in closest harmony. . . . The two factions, as they are called, are really not factions. They realize that their interests are the same. I accept the premise that both sides want peace. ... I am counting on you to succeed...
...office of President was created, oddly enough, by a monarchist bloc in 1875. They wanted a job which could easily be turned into a throne. Theoretically the President has great powers, actually none. He is elected to a seven-year term and can succeed himself, but only one President has tried. He is expected to be seen rather than heard. He plays host to foreign notables, receives ambassadors, launches ships, opens hospitals, unveils war monuments, throws parties for poor children, meddles not at all in politics. He gets $47,700 salary a year, an equal amount for expenses...
...bead in his ear for good luck, General Amaro as War Minister for former President Plutarco Calles created Mexico's modern army. He has never cut much ice as a politician, but last week when he tossed his sombrero into Mexico's Presidential ring (to succeed Lazaro Cardenas next year) with a forthright denunciation of the present expropriation policy, he created a sensation...