Word: follow
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...became First Secretary of the party and a minister in Poland's new Communist-dominated Government of National Unity. But Gomulka, an ardent nationalist as well as a Communist, soon ran afoul of the Stalinist tendencies in the Polish party. He had long insisted that his homeland must follow the "Polish road to Socialism," that it could not imitate the Soviet Union. He opposed collectivization and supported Tito. For this behavior he was forced to acknowledge "selfcriticism" in 1949 and was relieved of his posts. He was arrested in 1951 and remained a virtual prisoner until 1956, when...
Bing was a gifted fund raiser, but not much of a collective bargainer; still his act will be tough to follow. Although criticized for his arrogance and for the woefully uneven quality of Met productions, he undeniably brought the company back from the edge of artistic bankruptcy and vanishing prestige to which it had fallen under the regime of the late Edward Johnson. By the time Bing quits, he will have lasted 22 seasons−longer than any other general manager except Giulio Gatti-Casazza (1908-35). But if charm counts for anything, and it certainly does among the matrons...
Pusey-himself a trustee of the foundation-seemed both excited and surprised. "I haven't had much time to think about it," he said last night. "I had not really thought seriously of being the foundation's operating head. But I think it's an opportunity to follow the interests which I've been pursuing in education...
Left without alternatives to follow, Johnson seemed to play out his repressed violence according to the animal urges of his naturally anarchic bent. He flaunted his wealth and what it bought him: white wives and concubines, fast cars and a dandy's clothing. In ring and out, he viciously mocked his white opponents. Most irritatingly, his face was unmarked, and he always kept smiling...
...world and time, all Johnson could see were follow blacks only wishing to emulate Whitely in their own modest fashion. DuBois NAACP was then a fledgling organization, unable to effect any vigorous social change: and Marcus Garvey, whose separatist Universal Negro Improvement Association Johnson later preached for, had not yet landed on U. S. shores...