Word: successional
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Some artists have a flair for creating maestrohood from a succession of scandals; Kokoschka was one. Almost from the moment he left art school he assumed center stage in the Viennese avant-garde, enacting its fixations on love and death, abandonment and deviancy. Painting apart, he worked hard to earn...
The schools of small boats gave way to the majestic masters of the daylight hours, the 22 tall ships from 18 countries. The stately succession of tall ships was a graceful ambassador from a vanished, less hectic age. As a cool breeze billowed sails and spirits and Navy guns fired...
That may be because the word 'president' has been attached to Brian's name a number of times already. To wit: Brian was national president of the 900-chapter Junior Classical League as a senior in high school, class president of his Florida public high school in his junior year...
Of such homilies are corporate succession speeches made, but despite the rhetoric, Olson inherits a troubled company. To be sure, AT&T is earning record profits in its traditional business: providing long-distance phone service. The company has an 80% share of the $41 billion market. But profits from rentals...
Ever since its formation, the A.N.C. has remained unwavering in its agitation for a multiracial democracy in South Africa. During the past 18 months of turbulence, however, the outlawed movement has stepped up its activities, both subversive and diplomatic. Last year it decided to extend guerrilla operations to South African...