Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Joseph Stalin, when & if they meet. But there is no limit to what Hull, Eden and Molotov can fail to accomplish. If they do fail-and they may -their failure will be reflected in the fires of World War II, and in that war's aftermath. If they succeed, Messrs. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin will then have their historic chance to make World War II a victory for all the Allies, a prelude to a livable world...
Francis Parkman, Jr., from the Senior class, Worth B. Daniels from the Junior class, and Charles N. Peabody from the Sophomores were selected as undergraduate representatives from Harvard. Lamar Field was picked from the students of M. I. T. Ralph J. Baker was chosen to succeed A. J. Casner as Stockholder. R. W. Thorpe will retain his position...
...John Anderson, member of the seven-man War Cabinet and Lord President of the Council, moved into Sir Kingsley's place. Sir John has been the candidate of British finance to succeed Churchill, has immense power on the home front and will continue as chairman of the Reconstruction Priorities Committee responsible for postwar planning. The new Chancellor is as conservative as leather chairs and old claret; an ironhanded Scotsman who battened down recalcitrants in Ireland and India after the last...
...William Cagney quit Warner Bros., a year ago last March, and sank $750,000 in a new, independent production, plenty of Hollywood's bigwigs wished them all the bad luck in the world. In trade jargon, the Cagney brothers were dealing "a blow to the industry." If they succeeded, there were plenty of other stars, directors, writers and producers itching to try their own hands at independent production. And not even their worst wishers doubted that the Cagneys would succeed...
They decided that they wanted the Generalissimo to steer them through and named him President of the Republic to succeed the late...