Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...incidental conflagrations on his route is Ed McGrady's job. For the ship strike, his present chore, would be a trifle compared to a major tie-up of Motors or Steel. In the struggle between the old and new leaders of Labor, the ultimate measures of success will be which can recruit the greatest number of supporters. Organizing new unions nearly always breeds serious strikes. Furthermore strikes are themselves the best means of recruiting union members. Ultimately, if the struggle goes on, jurisdictional strikes, apt to be the most obstinately incurable of all, must occur between industrial and craft...
...Museum of Art gave that painter, Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas, the most comprehensive show of his works ever held in this country. Over 100 paintings, drawings and prints went on view; there were even a small bronze figure and four photographs taken by Degas. To make the show a success, the Louvre, greatest art museum in the world, magnanimously postponed its own projected Degas show, lent three important canvases. These with the rest of the borrowed works put something on the wall for every type of art lover. In portraits there was the sensitive picture of the artist...
...passing attack of both teams has been deadly, and the success of both against Princeton has been largely the result of well-timed aerial bombs. Oakes to Stuart, Frank to Kelley are the threats of the day, and their relative success may play a large part in determining the final score. Frank can run, too--but it is the opinion of many Cambridge rooters that he won't outshine a Crimson streak named Stuart...
...terrific gamble that the C.I.O. can organize the mass of workers John Lewis gets the highest praise. His success means that for the first time American labor will be united and strong enough to enforce its demands. When it tries to stop him by crying "wolf" the Federation lights the interests of the very group whom it is supposed to help...
...raise. But by 1746 Fortunatus Wright was famed throughout Great Britain as a dazzling privateer, "the brave corsair" whose raids on French shipping had netted him 16 ships and prize money totaling ?400,000. The boldest of English pirates, Wright operated in the hostile Mediterranean with such success that the King of France offered a title to the man who captured him, dead or alive. Back on his farm in Wales, Mr. Bulkeley commented little on his son-in-law's fame. He noted more unsuccessful lawsuits, letters from his daughter telling of her being mistreated, abandoned in Leghorn...