Word: success
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much of a headache"). She would rather be with her husband Harry and three-year-old daughter Virginia at home in Regent's Park, where she still does most of the housework-"anything with my hands, and not much with my brain." Vera's explanation of her success: "I suppose I'm the girl in the street, singing to the man in the street...
...telescope. To judge by the number of faint nebulae on it, this photograph reached one billion light-years (6 billion trillion miles) into space-twice as far as man had ever looked before. Said Hubble: "The tests confirm our previous conclusion that the Hale telescope is an unqualified success...
Week after week, new reports of aureomycin's success have come in. Last month, in Washington, a research group headed by Dr. Harry F. Dowling of George Washington University reported that aureomycin was better than any other antibiotic for treating undulant fever (brucellosis), and that it produced good results against streptococcic and staphylococcic infections, scarlet fever, and a type of pneumonia that doctors sometimes call "primary atypical," sometimes "virus." The British medical journal Lancet has reported that aureomycin "has the widest range of activity of any known antibacterial substance...
This week Lederle doctors report claims of success in treating whooping cough and tularemia (rabbit fever). Dr. Duggar is still busy at the work he loves. He has some 200 new samples of soil, is looking for still another antibiotic...
After 80 years of circulation in one form or another, this gentle New England story in its latest version has few surprises. One of them is Producer-Director Mervyn LeRoy's success in bringing to life once more the faded sentiments and the tintyped situations. Another is June Allyson's playing of tomboy Jo. She has a refreshing breeziness and bounce which make the old tale believable and now & then lift it right out of its tatted frame. Other notable performances are Margaret O'Brien's delicate, peaked portrayal of ailing Beth, and the supporting work...