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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week for Anthony Eden, it was a glorious week for Il Duce's faithful Geneva delegate, Baron Pompeo Aloisi. The ears of this onetime naval officer have burned for months with bitter messages from his boss over his failure to halt the application of League sanctions. The belated success of Italy's armies in Africa did the Baron no good, but last week he was in a position to crow, and he took full advantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Diplomacy Widow | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

Hollywood distrusts infant performers. They are likely to be greedy, temperamental, slow to learn and quick to outlive their value. Perplexed by what it regarded as a dubious blessing, Fox gave Shirley Temple a subsidiary role in a weak picture called Change of Heart. She scored another personal success. More worried than ever, Fox decided to let someone else find the answer, loaned her to Paramount to feature in Little Miss Marker. Fox took the hint, featured her in a picture called, to remind cinemaddicts who she was, Baby, Take a Bow, then shuttled her back to Paramount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Peewee's Progress | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

...success of our meeting Monday evening demonstrated clearly the wholehearted and sincere support behind our bonus drive...

Author: By Post Commander." and R. Kaltenborn, S | Title: VFW BACKS EFFORT TO DELAY OUTBREAK OF FUTURE WAR | 4/22/1936 | See Source »

...applaud any efforts directed toward postponement of the future war--until our bonus has been paid and spent. The "peace strike" is a sincere effort in this direction and any success it may attain will be for our benefit...

Author: By Post Commander." and R. Kaltenborn, S | Title: VFW BACKS EFFORT TO DELAY OUTBREAK OF FUTURE WAR | 4/22/1936 | See Source »

Dorothy Peterson's efficient common-sense provides the suitable background for the doctor's homely philosophy and Slim Summerville is an amusing although unconvincing country constable. Thomas Qualen carries through his biggest assignment as a proud father with great success while June Lang and Michael Whalen both turn in good bits in their unfortunately brief appearances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 4/21/1936 | See Source »

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