Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...here the trouble begins. In a work like Blue Caduveo Shimizu conjures lovely and effective nuances of tone. Then, examining it closer, one finds a great deal of fiddling around and many squiggles which are without meaning. If these comprise a kind of patina they may or may not succeed. Unfortunately, in many of Shimizu's things they are more than patina. They constitute a shortcut, however unconscious, a device which meets a multitude of problems without solving them...
Leventhal said last night that he personally believed Butler would succeed himself as chairman...
Wallace MacDonald, who will succeed Munro, and Fred L. Glimp, who moves into MacDonald's job, are both excellent choices. Both men are young, not necessarily a virtue in itself, but both have made impressive records in the Freshman Scholarship and Admissions Offices, respectively...
...Irving Pratt '26 will succeed Alexander M. White '25 as chairman of A Program for Harvard College, President Pusey announced yesterday...
...things in Texas are banks. Busting out all over in an unparalleled boom, their huge buildings dominate the skyline in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Fort Worth. Texas has more banks than any other state: 968 with total deposits of $10.4 billion, combined resources of $11.6 billion. Texas bankers succeed by fighting for business like warring supermarket operators on a Saturday afternoon -while also wearing Homburg hats and speaking in muted tones. The man who best combines such Texas talents is taut, wiry, fiercely competitive Fred F. Florence, 67, head of Dallas' Republic National Bank, who for years...