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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when Cliff Wolf tore a ligament in his left knee against Springfield, the second game on the schedule, the prophecies made by local sports scribes faded into history and left Mooney the difficult task of reorganizing his combination. This he did immediately, but success was not apparent until Wednesday night when the Lions completely outclassed Penn's quintet by a margin far greater than the 39-to-33 score indicates...

Author: By Edwin P. Kaufmann, SPORTS EDITOR, THE COLUMBIA SPECTATOR | Title: Flashy Columbia Five Holds Slight Hope of Win Tonight | 2/19/1938 | See Source »

Moliere with his wit and sparkle is the man chiefly responsible for making the show worth going to see, and his satire against doctors still gives first-rate entertainment. From the educational standpoint. "Le Medecin Malgre Lui" is a great success to the filled houses that are able to see it; but we should like to see a French movie that is primarily a movie, like "Mayerling," but undefaced by English captions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT THE GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE | 2/18/1938 | See Source »

Startling was the success of the project, for 150 misses answered the phone, and none hung up. All asked, that the potential escorts call to be reconnoitered. The Freshmen will visit the first two on the list this morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LONELY FRESHMEN DISCOVER DANCE DATES IN PHONEBOOK | 2/18/1938 | See Source »

...realize how heavily pressed are large departments, such as History and Economics. For them to obtain Freshman tutors is like throwing Man Mountain Dean. For complete success more is required than the readjustment of departmental budgets; in those departments, particularly Classics, not essential to the Freshman curriculum, the curtailment of budgets is mandatory. To achieve a thorough system of Freshman "tutorial," some full courses should perhaps be cut to half and some staffs reduced. But, if that part of the maladjustment evil which concerns Freshmen too advanced for the curriculum can be erased, then the Faculty should not hesitate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GUIDING FRESHMEN | 2/17/1938 | See Source »

Forced breathing, which consists of having the swimmer breath particularly deeply for a while before a race, achieves the same effects, Ulen said. Don Barker has been using this method with success. Because the Japanese Olympic swimmers, the Springfield varsity, and several mid-western colleges have all experimented with oxygen, Ulen said that, aside from co-operating with the Fatigue Laboratory for physiological experimentation, his reason for trying the gas was to dispell the false impression that it acted as a stimulant to greater speed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coach Ulen Experiments With Effects Of Pure Oxygen on Speed of Tankmen | 2/16/1938 | See Source »

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