Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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California's Governor Earl Warren passed his magic wand over his political hat last week, and gave a lengthy spiel about what he would produce. But he surprised no one when he pulled out Joe Knowland's boy and named him U.S. Senator to succeed the late Hiram Johnson...
...keen young officer trained for occupation duties was asked at Guam last week whether he thought the enormous, complex job of changing Japan could be done. His answer: yes. He was asked whether he thought the U.S. would in fact succeed in doing it. His answer...
...succeed, in 1919, and he was right about its importance...
...clearly discerned as the darkness of Japan's darkest hour grew deeper. But there were rumors of a struggle between War Minister Anami and the diehard war lords, on one side, and an unofficial, pro-peace "Committee of 21." There were rumors that Crown Prince Akihito, 11, might succeed his father...
...plot - which of two babies, one still unborn, is to succeed to the title of Lord Popenjoy - is not so much the point of the story as the point at which feverish uncles, aunts and in-laws collect, each to fight for his or her chosen Popenjoy and, in the process, to stand self-revealed...