Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fred Allen is a real disappointment, mainly because he is given few of the witty remarks which make him a success on the radio. Alice Faye is charming, however, and sings pleasantly; and Tony Martin is an adequate leading...
Lamar, for all his fistic career, has never been cut; never has suffered a cauliflower car. He attributes his success in this line to the fact that "I just didn't get hit enough." He is a strong advocate of scientific boxing, and dislikes the slugger type of fighter, because, "if you have a man who can win by slugging, and can teach him the art of boxing; then he'll end up practically unbeatable...
Coach Hal Ulen expressed his pleasure that his team's status has been elevated. "We hope to continue our record of success in the major ranks as we have in the minor," he declared. "Harvard, having given swimming a major status, will influence New England colleges and promote the sport in collegiate circles...
...swim so well that he was hired to coach at Yale, Harvard, Syracuse, Navy and almost every athletic club that had a pool, finally took over swimming at the University of Michigan in 1926. Instructor Kiphuth, in the meantime, had been expounding his theories on body-building with such success that he was appointed swimming coach at Yale. When the 1936 Olympic Games came around, Yale's Kiphuth was named coach of a U. S. swimming team for the third time and his feat of twelve years without defeat in a collegiate dual meet was proclaimed all over...
...than $1,000,000 capital, Editors Luce and Hadden started with only $85,000. This they obtained by selling preferred and a little common stock in TIME Inc.* to citizens who had more faith that a newsmagazine would be a public service than that it would be a financial success...