Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...light--and a rather dim, flickering light at that--of last Thursday night's Company Dog smoke, it has been strongly suggested that your correspondent's by-line consist of just plain "Toots," and it probably would be a good idea if such reportorial cuteness could succeed in running the battery of editorial blue pencils, but, alas, for the sake of naval dignity, the "Toots" part will have to remain sort of unofficial...
Lucille Ball plays the part of a "bathing suit girl" actress who attends the Winsocki Military Academy prom to rejuvenate her position in the eyes of the public. Complications arise at the dance when a host of souvenir-minded girls succeed in ripping off a good portion of Miss Ball's attire. As an unpretentious bit of comedy, "Best Foot Forward" is a success because of its ready quips, uproarious scenes, and music that Duke Ellington would describe as "solid...
...will succeed Miss Ada L. Comstock, who announced her retirement for September 1 when she married Professor Wallace Notestein of Yale early this summer...
Wrote Christian Science Monitor's Joseph G. Harrison from Cairo: "Some form of federation ... is approaching faster than many persons believe. ... If the present attempt fails, other attempts will succeed. . . . Modern economy and politics demand international cooperation on a regional basis...
Born. To Prince Gustaf Adolph, 37, grandson of Sweden's King, and Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 35: their fourth daughter, fourth disappointment to a prince-desiring nation; in Stockholm. Only males succeed to the Swedish crown...