Word: successes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile Mme Chiang, in her daily column to the U. S. press, radioed from Nanking: "Tokyo's acclamation of Matsui as a hero on Chinese soil has gone to his head . . . strongest wine of militaristic adulation . . . Japanese war lords drunk with their hollow success at Shanghai . . . power lust...
...King Albert had repeatedly brought him in as an economic counselor whose services previous Belgian Cabinets had found effective, disinterested. Under his expert management as Premier the devaluation of the belga-made inevitable by the devaluation of the currencies of the Great Powers -was carried through with skill and success in sharp contrast to the awful bungling at Paris of the devaluation of the franc (TIME...
Third great reason for small U. S. book sales is the price of books. If a popular magazine is worth five cents, a novel's reading matter must be markedly superior to justify paying 50 times as much for it. In England the sensationally successful Penguin Books, started two years ago with a capital of $500 and a small order from Woolworth's, selling paper-covered books for sixpence, has sold nearly 10,000,000 books. In the U. S. attempts to sell new books for less than $1 have come to grief in the past...
...play a skillful driving offense, odds will swing early to the Crimson. Bernie Jacobson, on the right, turned in one of the season's outstanding performances at Princeton, bull rushing Bob Scott in the center, and slow George Phillips, soccer man's soccer player hold the key to the success of the Crimson goal scoring dive this afternoon...
...country has had its effect on the Harvard Music Department. Much of the new excitement in this field is due to the gigantic efforts of Professors Davison and Merritt, who have attracted a great number of musicians as well as spread their disciples east and west. Because of its success and outstanding popularity, the Music Department should be encouraged to grow into a position alongside other big departments...