Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rallying point for a Scranton drive before or during the convention, a decisive bloc that could go any way in the case of a deadlocked convention, or the core for a vice-Presidential attempt. At any rate, Scranton will probably be without a job in 1966, since he cannot succeed himself as governor and no Senate seat will be available. Certainly he would want to be on good terms with any Republican administration...
SCHUMANN AND LALO CELLO CONCERTOS (Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducting the London Symphony Orchestra; Mercury). Janos Starker, 39, perhaps the finest of the new generation of cellists, shows how to succeed without sounding like Casals: every note is clearly articulated and virtually free of vibrato. The Schumann, written during a period of joy and serenity, is allowed to speak eloquently for itself. Starker, who can also play like a mad gypsy, shows his Hungarian heritage in the Lalo...
...church," as one of his clerical friends puts it. In his address to the delegates representing 30 Protestant and Orthodox churches, Barnes warned that this pioneer spirit might be corroded by "ennui, even lethargy" as the idea of Christian unity becomes commonplace. If the ecumenical movement is to succeed, he said, "there must be renewal within the churches," and scope for dedicated Christians to undertake experiments in cooperation "independent of ecclesiastical control...
James Yannatos, presently musical director and conductor of the Youth Orchestra of the Chautauqua Institute, will succeed Swoboda next year. Swoboda is retiring from the Faculty in June...
Before he died, Lenin carefully considered the man who was to succeed him. Joseph Stalin had risen to the post of first party secretary from his beginnings as a terrorist and holdup man for party funds. In his political testament, Lenin warned in vain against making Stalin his successor, because he considered him too rude and too ambitious...