Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...confirm the Irishman's tale in all details. Jubilant were the Chancellor's friends, now busy grooming him to succeed Stanley Baldwin before long as Prime Minister, but fearful that frosty Mr. Chamberlain lacks the human appeal necessary to hold the highest office in Great Britain with success. After his spontaneous duck-pond heroism they all felt immensely more hopeful, and London newspapers blazed out with the first human interest story of all time about Rt. Hon. Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Privy Councilor to His Majesty and M. P. for Ladywood...
...success of the British Empire is due to the fact that each member has two loyalties, one to itself, the other to the empire. But the weakness of Geneva has been the absence of a second loyalty of members to Geneva. The world sense is not yet sufficiently developed to make it possible for member States to go to Geneva with united principles and common loyalties. It may come in time but it is a mistake to make theoretical policy on the assumption that it already exists...
...French employers' representatives at a conference presided over by nervous Premier Blum, signed a pact promising to end the nationwide strikes in return for the granting of virtually all demands known to have been made by strikers. Boomed joyous Jouhaux as his fat fingers signed, "not merely a success but the greatest victory for workers which the history of trade unions has ever recorded...
December 5: Crimson wins fight for extension of Christmas Vacation to two week period. December 9: Survey reveals striking success of National Scholarship Policy. December 11: L. N. Littauer bequeaths $2,000,000 to found School of Public Administration. December 12: Mather signs Oath Bill. December 13: Student Council defends Minor sports. To be retained another year. December 16: Tutoring School stink in Phil B personal book review requirement. B Guaranteed for $4. December 17: Hanford announces disciplinary action for purchaseed Phil B reports. December 19: Eddie Farrel leaves on account of ill health. Mikkola named new track coach. December...
Keynoter Curtis recalled that she had struggled for many years to make women "money conscious." without much success until her radio talks in 1934. Then, she said, some of her followers in Utica, N. Y. invited her to address a mass meeting. Founded therefrom was Women Investors in America, Inc., pledged to awaken women's minds to finance (TIME, May 27, 1935). A W.I.A. survey had shown that women controlled 80% of U. S. life insurance, 65% of savings accounts, 48% of railroad securities, 44% of utility stocks, 40% of real estate. Director Curtis adopted as the organization...