Word: successful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, for receiving his decision with a certain degree of amazement. Amazing as it is, however, and regrettable from New York's point of view, it must be regarded with deference. . . . Far from regarding the ministry as a career, with such canons of success, as obtain in other careers, he seems to regard it as a service, to be detached from his personal acclaim and to be followed where duty lies...
Mayflowers. Some seasons back. Arthur Richman wrote a comedy called Not So Long Ago, and it had a moderate success with Eva Le Gallienne in the lead. It was recently made into a motion picture which was played by Betty Bronson (TIME, Aug. 3, CINEMA). The final stage has come, comedy has been set to music. Ivy Sawyer sings and dances the part...
...afterwards cannot recognize it. But the U. S. is at present preoccupied with the music of the Negro; Tenor Hayes has been swept into popularity on this wave of interest, and by paradox, his fame has made his worth recognized. Could he, some wonder, have achieved his phenomenal success simply on the merits of his voice? Samuel Chotzinoff in the New York World: "If Roland Hayes were a white man instead of a Negro, it is doubtful. , , ." Feodor Chaliapin sang the title role of Boito's Mefistofele at the Metropolitan for the 32nd time...
...development of international law. But I say it also because of my interest in America and her having a place in the sun. For a generation we exhorted the world to build a court. Today, I think the problem is this Court or none. I cannot imagine success for a new effort. I think it comes with bad grace for us to propose it. If we would live up to our professions in the Hague Conferences and during the War, we must put our moral support behind the Court that exists, and announce to the world that we applaud...
Roger W. Babson will speak on "Six 1's of Success" on December 11, Mr. Babson is a director of a large number of Power and Land Companies, and is President of Babson's Statistical Organization at Wellesley Hills. During the war he was appointed director general of information and education by the United States Government...