Word: successors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Grand Duke Nicholas, so-called "strong man" of the former Russian imperial family, was commander-in-chief of the Russian armies (1914-15), and second cousin of assassinated Tsar Nicholas II and last, whose successor he claimed to be. A leader of glorious victories and masterly retreats, the Grand Duke Nicholas was beloved of thousands of Russian emigres and commanded popularity even among the masses in Russia after the Revolution, to the constant discomfort of the Soviet state...
When the Diocese of New York was seeking a successor to Bishop Charles S. Burch eight years ago. Rev. William Thomas Manning was but a minority candidate. There were two objections to the then rector of Trinity: 1) he was a "High" Churchman, while his predecessor Bishop Greer had been of the "Broad" persuasion; 2) he was a native of England, an Anglophile...
...power greater in many ways than the Pope's was left in Brother Bramwell's hands. He could elevate or demote officers at will. He was sole trustee of all Army properties in England and Australia. By scribbling a name on a slip of paper he could nominate his successor...
...Uruguay. It was dusk when the Hoovers steamed into Montevideo from Buenos Aires. Lights flashed on the city's tallest tower: "Welcome to the successor of Washington. Welcome to President Hoover...
...other triumvirs were President James Augustine Farrell and Finance Committee Chairman Myron Charles Taylor (TIME, Jan. 9, 1928). It was said that Mr. Morgan at that time regarded his appointment as temporary and hoped that a successor would soon be found...