Word: succession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...explosive: a sudden appearance of sore throat throughout the community, accompanied by chilliness, headache, muscular soreness, nausea, vomiting. The glands of the throat swell up; complications as peritonitis, pneumonia, arthritis are not rare. The abrupt violence of the illness gives little scope for serum, and so far little success has been had with...
...employe, Nobile, said afterward of his employer: "All Ellsworth did was to give money for the flight. It was I, Nobile, who was responsible for the Norge's success...
...twitter, last week, at news of new exploits by the author of Revolt in the Desert, famed Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence. He, with a modesty not inferior to Lindbergh's, has rejected all the honors and decorations which Britons sought to heap upon him in reward for his success in fomenting an Arabian revolt against Turkey during the War. Last week, after eight years of self-imposed nonentity as a British private, T. E. Lawrence returned to Arabia as a British plenipotentiary and arrived at San'a, the Capital of the Imamate of Yemen...
...merger of the two firms; President Myron E. Forbes of Fierce-Arrow called for a meeting of the stockholders on July 25, writing them that it would be for their own good to consent to the plans. No matter how good the product, a large organization is necessary for success in the automobile business today? was the keynote of President Forbes' letter...
...that "one mightier than I cometh," he started out among humble villagers, bringing them a message of love far simpler to understand than the hair-splitting taboos of their priests. His magnetism soon drew twelve men as disciples, and together they wandered from village to village, humbly enjoying the success of the master's teachings and healings. This early, happy part of Jesus's life Ludwig presents in glowing contrast to the last tragic months of proud ambition, and violent vituperation of the priesthood, which inevitably led to his failure and crucifixion. In diagnosing Napoleon's career...