Word: successful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hays pointed out that the industry which be controls started as a gold rush, analogous to the rush to the Klondike. Each producer sought financial success alone. Realizing that success does not come from wealth alone, many of the original producers sought to improve the standards of the films. It is significant that those who pursued this policy are the ones now in control, leaving behind long since those who sought only wealth...
...Poland Springs Conference was co-educational. The 1928 conference will be held at Northfield, Mass. 1928 will be a success...
...utter a word on the stage. "I can entertain an audience for one hour without speaking a word," said Toto, "and keep them interested and laughing all of the time. If I should speak on the stage now, 1 would soon lose my audience. My pantomime is my success...
...American university education a greater variety of theories and practices than exists today. Yet the fact remains that criticism of the pre-examination "reading periods", some of which is reprinted on this page, is of one tone in applauding the spirit behind the change and in hoping for its success...
...changed its president. Dr. William M. Burton, who "cracked" petroleum so hard that it yielded twice as much gasoline, was granted his wish to retire, was succeeded by Edward G. Seubert, a onetime newsboy. Soon, no doubt, the success magazines will be asking Mr. Seubert for the story of his rise. It is an epitome of the great U. S. biography, a machinist's helper at 15, a bookkeeper whose accounts balanced, a chief clerk who plugged, a vice president -one of the faithful rewarded when he reached a healthy...