Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Appointed Bishop John Francis Dearden of Pittsburgh archbishop of Detroit to succeed the late Edward Cardinal Mooney, who died in Rome a few hours before the consistory that elected Pope John (TIME, Nov. 3). Rhode Island-born Archbishop Dearden, 51, completed his studies for the priesthood in Rome, served as rector of St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland before going to Pittsburgh...
Giovanni Urbani, 58, was appointed by Pope John to succeed him as Patriarch of Venice-the first native Venetian to be made patriarch in 150 years. He served as an artilleryman in World War I, though he was noted more for praising the Lord than passing the ammunition, and he tirelessly organized seminars and study groups for the soldiers. Later, Urbani became top national ecclesiastical adviser to the Catholic Action movement, traveled all over Italy organizing parish priests in a grass-roots light against Communism. In 1955 he was made Bishop of Verona, with the personal title of archbishop...
...philanthropy will go hand in hand towards a Better America. And after mailing in your check, please kneel down with all the Harry U.'s and Mrs. Yetta G.'s and the seven N. children and pray to God that the "spender-wing of the Democratic party" will never succeed in disrupting that delicate mechanism which moves us towards the glory land. God bless you and keep you, Phillip K. And be of good cheer, Mrs. Martha T. Merry Christmas, Dwight...
...plane before the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia spitefully banned his touring pros from its affiliated courts. Snapped one official: "Australia is Kramer's happiest hunting ground. He is out to break the amateur game, and if the L.T.A.A. gives in to him now, he will succeed." Kramer bristled, "I would expect this kind of treatment only in Russia," added coals to the fire by signing Doubles Star Mervyn Rose, ranked No. 4 in Australia...
...training which this leader gets in college is also subject to misinterpretation. Colleges like Harvard are prone to suppose that their job is not to train youngsters, but to intellectualize those already destined for the elite. No one would deny the importance of such efforts should they succeed, but if the superficial veneer of culture which most people acquire in college is the sole return on their investment, then millions of Americans are being short changed. Before accepting this improbable hypothesis we must scrutinize the possibility that the four year apprenticeship to the scholars (often called "liberal education") changes...