Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Greenwich Villagers, in their own little theatre on Grove Street, parade the Truth that nothing is less likely to succeed as professional entertainment than an amateurish revue...
...claim that the Nationalists have now been purged of Communism largely through his own efforts; but concluded that so much bitterness existed among nationalists against him personally that "I should have resigned last spring. Therefore I am willing to sacrifice my own position in order to see the revolution succeed...
Successor. Wall Street doubted that a Dupont-either T. Coleman Dupont or Pierre Samuel Dupont -whose company has bought much U. S. Steel stock (TIME, Aug. 8) would succeed Judge Gary as U. S. Steel Chairman. Whom had Judge Gary recommended? No one publicly and explicitly, though theory mongers found it exciting to point out an article only last month in Collier's Weekly wherein Judge Gary saluted Calvin Coolidge and said he would have been an outstanding success in any business...
...election . . . ends a long and careful search for the 'rjght man' to succeed Dr. Olds, and there is every reason for confident hope that the right man has been found. ... It is significant that the three members of the board of trustees who, as a subcommittee, made the nomination, have each been prominently mentioned for the office and are generally recognized as well qualified for it. There is logic in the assumption that the judgment of their choice is well based."?Springfield (Mass.) Republican...
These compliments were all addressed to Arthur Stanley Pease, onetime professor of classics at the University of Illinois and later at Amherst College, who, before vacation in June, was unanimously elected tenth President of Amherst to succeed Dr. George D. Olds, who resigned last fall (TIME...