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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Relatively unimportant to success in marriage are table manners, agreement about religion or possession of an even temper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Marriage Test | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

...Chief of Naval Operations replied frankly: "I can only answer that by saying that in the event of an attack being made on the United States coast on the Atlantic side the fleet could be brought to the Atlantic Ocean in sufficient time to prevent any real success on the part of an enemy. . . ." Admiral Leahy backed the President's program to the hilt, and incidentally added a new reason of his own for a Big Navy-"Possible exploitation or seizure of the Republics of Central and South America." But he knew as well as the President that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Second to None | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

...Agreement concerning friends and dealing with relatives also has a high correlation with marriage success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Marriage Test | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

Test. Having developed a method of measuring success after the ceremony, Professor Burgess proceeded to design an objective test to predict success or failure before marriage. This he did by examining significant facts in the background of the successful couples. Good and bad matrimonial risks, according to Professor Burgess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Marriage Test | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

...Logan made careful but speedy preparations, and 34,000 chain stores staged a four-week peach ballyhoo. Sales jumped 171% over the same period for the year before, the carry over was cut to 1,929,000 cases; the growers got $30 per ton for their 1936 crop. This success was largely responsible for persuading the chains to make such campaigns permanent policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Unliked Taxes | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

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