Word: successors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WASHINGTON'S WARREN MAGNUSON (who is being discussed as a successor to Democratic Chairman Butler) : "Whether the Democrats like it or not, the country is getting sensitive about the budget...
...Purposes. Last week George Brain was preparing to move on to one of the biggest public-school jobs in the U.S.; as successor to Dr. John Fischer, new dean of Teachers College, Columbia University, he will be head of Baltimore's schools. Under Fischer, the Baltimore school system has been raised to top level, and the city canvassed the country for the best man for the succession. Brain, youngest superintendent of a major U.S. school system, has come a long way from Ellensburg, Wash., where he attended Central Washington College and later taught after serving in the Marines...
...opposed sects are the Shiites and Sunnis, each claiming the true faith and branding the others as heretics. The Shiites acknowledge as their leaders the direct descendants of Ali, Mohammed's son-in-law, consider these imams incorruptible, infallible and immortal; since the disappearance of the last known successor of the house of Ali in 878, the Shiites wait for the "Hidden Imam" to make his earthly return. The Sunnis, on the other hand, refuse to accept divine inspiration by inheritance, recognize first the caliph as the "commander of the community," then turn to the "consensus," made...
...touch with him." Asked for an opinion. Chicago's Marshall Field Jr.-for whose Sun-Times White had served as a part-time consultant (1956-58)-offered a blue-chip recommendation. Five weeks ago White flew to London, met Ambassador Whitney. Says Horace Greeley's successor: "I told him, 'Come East, young man,' and, fortunately, he has decided to come...
...beginning. This left him no room for growth of emotional intensity in the final scene, where he finally resorted to uncontrolled hysteria. Richard Knowles as the reporter managed by his tone and facial expressions to disguise the fact that the reporter is not a slimy busybody but a spiritual successor to Alison. Probably the best performance of the evening was given by Karen Johnson in the role of the wayward daughter. If Miss Johnson ever learns to use her face and voice as expressively as she can use her body, she will indeed be a great actress...