Word: successful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...candidate," announced a certain politician last week, "for Governor of Ohio, and the Democratic Ticket. . . . I am conscious of the fact that my personal political success is of no consequence to the public. Whether I win or lose makes no difference in the forward march of Ohio, unless I can make a definite and substantial contribution to her progress...
...Madison was in mild excitement, half the town accusing me of undermining the sanctity of family life. I, therefore, refused to approach delicate topics in an hysterical atmosphere unsuited to their discussion, but nonetheless stuck to my subject. The meeting was an enormous success...
...effect in a purely local connection. Philadelphia is the largest U. S. city to have a Community Chest; in Cleveland, (which in 1913 organized a federation for charity and philanthropy generally regarded as the beginning of the modern Community Chest movement), Denver, Detroit and elsewhere they work with eminent success. Cincinnati's Community Chest, organized as such in 1915, and greatly aided by the donations of Colonel Procter, is one of the oldest and most flourishing...
...Icarus man has been trying to find a means of flight, and many famous names are associated with the attempts. Now that the immediate end has been accomplished, it seems trivial for the Smithsonian Institute to quibble with one of the inventors who were chiefly responsible for the success. It is of little import whether the contributions of the Wrights were or were not minor improvements which only added the finishing touches to a mechanism almost complete. The fact remains that they gave final impetus to what is now one of the greatest of modern industries. It is equally true...
...gold. He prated: "It acts like vaccination, eliminating from the system the element which has an affinity for the poison in alcohol. . . . Gold acts on the higher cerebral nerve centres, the seat of the diseased will and the mania for strong drink." Because his treatment had some practical success, simple folks fixed their memories on gold. Therefore the subtle plausibility of the Haines Golden Treatment...