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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:15, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

William E. Bradley, Jr.

 * ... that William E. Bradley, Jr. resigned less than a year after becoming the first President of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics?
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Created by Lagrange613 (talk). Self nominated at 18:14, 15 November 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Length, date, and QPQ are all fine, but I'm a little concerned about the hook matching what is stated in the article. The hook says "only a few months into his term", while the article says "shortly after" his October appointment. Aside from the fact that both of these assertions advocate somewhat of a point of view (whose definition of "shortly" or "a few months" are we using?), there is a potential disconnect between these two statements. I think being more precise in both the article and the hook would be beneficial here (he was replaced in May 1953, but is that when he resigned? Because six months is arguably neither "shortly after" or "a few months into") and would resolve any ambiguity. Once this is resolved, though, it should be good to go. Canadian   Paul  03:04, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * How about "less than a year"? Lagrange613 21:04, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Had I not been as tired as I was, I probably would have just suggested that myself, haha. Good to go for DYK now. Canadian   Paul  21:33, 17 November 2014 (UTC)