Word: successful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless I wish you success...
...only Cninese living who was closely identified with that company during Mr. Hoover's connection. My uncle founded the company. . . . During the eighteen months Mr. Hoover was connected with the company, first as engineer and later as manager, it changed from a nonsuccess to a success, and continued as a success. . . . Mr. Hoover's record in China is clean and honorable, highly creditable and in many ways remarkable. ... In my opinion Mr. Hoover took away from China far less than he rightly earned, and today he retains the respect of the Chinese in a degree equal to that...
...Symphony Hall, for a joint concert. The ancien regime of banality in college music has suffered much of late; there have been signs of insurrection among many of those once satisfied with it. The concert Thursday appears, Janus-like, at a time when the past shows no little success, and the future augurs well. The colleges, and through them much of America are growing up to good music. Inevitably they must strike false notes as they move, but still they progress, and their pace has been considerably accelerated by such undertakings as Doctor Davison...
...shortcomings are admitted by Mr. Gifford in his analysis. One is that his only basis of argument is from the relative salaries of the employees, and obviously salary is not a certain indication of success. Nevertheless, it seems a valuable one under the circumstances, and particularly suggestive is the fact which Mr. Gifford adduces in connection. Not only are the college honor men in general higher paid, but they have achieved promotions with increasing regularity as they have progressed. In the cases of the lower grade college men, on the other hand, promotions have come fastest at the very start...
...some thousands of cases. His findings, however, it valid, undoubtedly put a premium on good work at college. To be sure the man who has the ability to do well but does not use it at college will not lose his ability thereby, but if success at college studies is to be accepted as an evidence of a capacity for business, then certainly the opportunity to prove that capacity is one well worth having...