Word: successor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...writer of the article, setting forth grievances which were to apply equally well to his successor 50 years later, and ending up on a note of sincere and righteous indignation, says...
...Toronto contests the Harvard lineup has become nearly settled. The work of Morrill in goal on Monday night against the fast Canadians stamps him as an able successor to Captain Cumings of last year's champion team. Morrill now ranks a notch above Adams, who played through the McGill game last week. The two shared the goaltending job on the Freshman team two years ago, with Morrill rating as the regular...
...other Emilian cities. General Balbo, at present all but shelved as Under Secretary of Aviation, was once the Commander-in-Chief of the Fascist militia, and built up in that capacity a strong Republican following at Bologna. Reputedly he was shelved when he envisioned himself as the eventual successor of II Duce. Forces allied with him may have been active last week in the World's "mysterious" plot...
...remainder of the Earth is a curious proportion. Canada, Australia and Ireland have had no Cardinals since the deaths of their last representatives in the Sacred College. The Americas have but five Cardinals?the U. S. four,* South America one.? England has only two.** Belgium desires a successor to the red hat of the late Cardinal Mercier...
...country out of public office." He had not achieved this by compromise. The Manchester Guardian, with some detachment, is surprised that Dr. Eliot won such a pre-eminent position in American national life without displaying more of "the hustling temper of modern America. He had not even, like his successor at Harvard, and like the heads of Yale and Princeton, made a reputation as a specialist in political science." But he had no need to do either of these to impress himself upon the people who met him or read him. As a president of a great university for over...