His professional career began when he was twenty ; ;

`` You are the ' Peoples' Poet ' '' was her appraisal in 1908, and she stopped teaching and writing to devote herself to the fulfillment of her husband's career.

From the night of August 30 to the morning of September 2 there was no Union cavalry east of the Macon railway to disclose to Sherman that he was missing the greatest opportunity of his career.

Even Rector himself was prey to this spirit of competition and he knew it, not for a more exalted office in the hierarchy of the church -- his ambitions for the bishopry had died very early in his career -- but for the one clear victory he had talked about to the colonel.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island, the first incorporated group, was formed for the purpose of extending knowledge of the art of ballet in the Community, to promote interest in ballet performances, to contribute to the cultural life of the State, and to provide opportunity for gifted dance students who, for one reason or another, are unable to pursue a career and to develop others for the professional state ; ;

My heart was not in it, but, oddly enough, it remains the most financially successful picture of my career.

After many years and many interruptions he was able to finish the canopy fresco, and slightly less than half the frieze, beginning with the Liberty group opposite the East door, and ending with William Penn, all but one leg, when a tragic accident ended his career.

Chandler had been commissioned in the Medical Service Corps and was serving as a personnel officer for the Kansas City Medical Depot when he decided that if he was going to make the Army his career, he wanted to be in the fighting part of it.

Mr. Black's life was an open book, so to speak, from his birth in Jackson, Mississippi, through his basketball-playing days at L.S.U. and his attainment of a B.A. degree, which had presumably prepared him for his career as district sales manager for Peerless Business Machines.

During his college career, Dr. Clark was captain of his basketball team and was a football letterman.

But then, Mario Lanza was no common singer, and his whole career, public and non-public, was studded with the kind of unconventional happenings that terminate with the appearance of his first `` recital '' only when he has ceased to be a living voice.

Freddy needed a job, having been detached from a rather dangerous career in real estate and skyscraper financing by Gerry, and it was up to Arthur Willis to provide him with one.

This distant territory was a Democratic stronghold, and acceptance of the post would have effectively ended his legal and political career in Illinois, so he declined and resumed his law practice.

Some commentators have suggested that this incident would influence Kurosawa's later artistic career, as the director was seldom hesitant to confront unpleasant truths in his work.

Perhaps this is enough evidence to suggest that Poirot's police career was a successful one.

) His first case was " The Affair at the Victory Ball ", which saw Poirot enter the high society and begin his career as a private detective.

Abner Doubleday ( June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893 ) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War.

" It concluded by saying, " in the years to come, in the view of the hundreds of thousands of people who are devoted to baseball, and the millions who will be, Abner Doubleday's fame will rest evenly, if not quite as much, upon the fact that he was its inventor ... as upon his brilliant and distinguished career as an officer in the Federal Army.

He was raised for a career in the Church and spent some time at the court of Hermann IV of Hesse, Elector of Cologne, who appointed him canon of the Cologne Cathedral.

His career was forwarded by the Church however and institutions of the Catholic clerics supported his early advance.

Displacing Ur-Zababa, Sargon was crowned king, and he entered upon a career of foreign conquest.

Ayckbourn's career was briefly interrupted when he was called for National Service.

His academic career was interrupted after his first year of study when he joined the Finnish Army, selecting the 11-month officer training program to fulfill the mandatory military service of Finland.

Nicknamed " The Kid ", " The Splendid Splinter ", " Teddy Ballgame ", " The Thumper " and, because of his hitting prowess, " The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived ", Williams ' career was twice interrupted by service as a U. S. Marine Corps fighter-bomber pilot.

Gropius's career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

He had made his professional acting debut in Liverpool and London, appearing in Druid's Rest, a play by Emlyn Williams ( who also became a guru ), but his career was interrupted by conscription in 1944.

He interrupted his studies for close to eight years when his singing career took off, but eventually finished his degree and became a dentist ( although he rarely practices his profession nowadays ).

His college career was interrupted by military service in World War II ( 1944 – 46 ), but he returned to graduate with a degree in English in 1948.

Greene interrupted his acting career to serve in World War II in the 27th Lancers, where he distinguished himself.

A case of tuberculosis in his youth interrupted his career as a pianist.

After a serious illness interrupted his collegiate career, Holman returned and graduated with the class of 1953.

His career was abruptly interrupted in 1950, when he was arrested for having sexual relations with a 17-year-old male.

Stone's career was interrupted by World War I.

The beginning of Tucholsky's journalistic career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I – for over two years, no articles by Tucholsky were published.

His amateur career was interrupted on March 17, 1947, when Marciano stepped into the ring as a professional competitor.

With the outbreak of World War II his acting career was interrupted by service with the Royal Armoured Corps as a commissioned officer in the 22nd Dragoons.

His burgeoning career was interrupted by the war and he served overseas in the military during World War I.

Monteux's musical career was interrupted in 1896, when he was called up for military service.

His artistic career was interrupted in 1870 when he joined the army to serve in the Franco-Prussian War.

His writing career was interrupted by World War I.

His early playing career benefited from the timing of the Second World War: as a sixteen-year-old he was ineligible for call-up where many older players had already been recruited, and was thus able to pick up a lot of work in London before and during his time as a student at the Royal College of Music, which was itself interrupted by his own call-up into the Band of the Scots Guards.

Dupree's career was interrupted by military service in World War II.

Morshead's teaching career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.

His college career was interrupted for two years in 1954 when he was drafted into the U. S. Army.

Acting for her father, however, remained the high point of her acting career, which she interrupted to bring up her children.

Naji Shawkat was the assistant general prosecutor in the Iraqi city of al-Hila when World War I broke out, upon which he interrupted his legal career and joined the Ottoman army as a reserve officer.