Word: successors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the ruling monarch dies, there often arises the question of--"who will be the next king?" After the successor is crowned, it is quite the thing to say--"long live the king!" But usually the thinkers and the office-seekers ponder deeply the question of the new king's fitness, and usually, too, their conclusions are most pessimistic...
...small attainment. What he told them to do, his students did; knowing that they could make no great mistake, and many there were who by this means achieved the coveted passing-mark. But some time ago the cry went up that the king was dead, and his successor has yet to appear...
...name of a successor is like the tolling of my own death-bell...
...lines of Coq dOr. I ought to stand here going through the motions of making a speech, while lovely voices with lovely music sing an ode to Scotti and lovely women place a laurel wreath upon your 'brow. I throw this out as a suggestion for my successor at your 50-year jubilee...
Samuel Rea, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, will retire in 1925 at the age of 70. His probable successor is W. W. Atterbury, Vice President, in charge of operation...