Word: successful
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...marked. Copies will be furnished to observers at cost, or free of expense to persons of experience who are ready to co-operate in the work. Complete charts with the proper magnitudes for the stars represented can soon be furnished for seventy two variables. If the plan meets with success it is hoped that it may be extended to the investigation of other variable stars of long period...
...achieved in his work no great success and had won no name. Versatile and brilliant he was indeed, and he had gained a wide knowledge of the world and keen insight into the characters of men; but still he was merely a writer with no definite purpose, and from among the various branches of literature had not finally chosen the kind of writing which he was to make peculiarly his own. Truth in writing, that power that scorns the sham and pictures the real, Thackeray had, and a fund of brilliant humor also. He had lacked the personal and distinctive...
...concert at Andover will differ from any others given this year, in that it will be arranged and directed entirely by the Pierian, and that the proceeds will be for its benefit. If this arrangement is a success, the concert will be given annually hereafter. The Pierian will be assisted by L. P. Burnham '02, celloist and the vocal numbers will be given by M. J. Tobey...
...serious questions about the Law School arise from its prosperity and success. It has more than four times the number of students it had fifteen years ago; and its Library is growing, and threatens to continue to grow, at the rate of more than 6,000 volumes a year. An immediate enlargement of the building is imperatively demanded; and in planning that enlargement it seems to be necessary to took forward to a Law Library of more than 100,000 volumes within ten years. Financially, the School is able to provide both the building and the books; but it would...
...Elder Brother" was first produced about 1620 and was such a success that it held the English stage down to the present century and was revived in America as late as 1848. The main plot of the play is as follows: Two brothers, Charles and Eustace, are exactly the opposite in character: Charles cares for nothing but books and is a great scholar; while Eustace despises learning and spends most of his time at court. A marriage has been arranged by Brisac, the father of the two young men, and Servis, the father of Angelina. One of the brothers...