Word: successes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political tragedies or comedies not according to their first two acts, but according to what happens in their last act, often in their last scene. The exit is the thing, and Alben Barkley, who has set no records for accomplishment in his first month as Leader, still has success within his grasp if he can wind up Congress and march it off the stage without further damage to the prestige of Party and President...
...Pure. In a scientific industry, Pure Oil Co. has long distinguished itself for the success of its geologists. When the first commercial oil well was drilled in Michigan twelve years ago, Pure Oil men conferred with engineers of Dow Chemical Co. (TIME, Dec. 28), drew maps from salt well records showing probable oil structures near Mt. Pleasant. After buying leases on 500,000 Michigan acres the company proceeded to open up one of the big fields which have since made oil Michigan's third most important industry...
...Manhattan, Women's Wear Daily, glad rag of the garment trade, found national brand manufacturers skeptical of the success of Supremacy Products. Why, they asked, should any store carry Macy brands instead of developing its own? If Macy's really proposed to compete with national brands how could it do so without spending a great deal of money in national advertising? One obvious reason, however, for the move on Macy's part was that the more of its own goods Macy's could dispose of-wholesale or retail-the lower its production costs should...
...Blair, genial director of the Zoological Park, made a bid for the Buta okapi, the Belgian Government saw fit to repay past kindness by giving him to Dr. Blair at a price far below that offered. But the okapi did not immediately leave Buta. In view of the indifferent success a few zoos have had in keeping them, Dr. Blair decided to let his okapi become accustomed to civilization before moving him. At last, late this May, the Buta okapi boarded a side-wheel steamer at Stanleyville and started down the Congo River. At Leopoldville, where the rapids begin...
...like, before the factories relaxed their hold to let him devote his full time to painting. Subsidized at last by a rich woman, he went to live with the Sibleys, worked as hard at painting as he had in the factories. His first exhibition was a big success...