Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...twenty years Ben has guided the Yardlings in the art of pool and billiards, and although he says that their game is none too good, they all seem to really enjoy it. "In fact, billiards has had more success at Harvard than at any other college," Ben declared...
...features of this year's edition will be an account of Yardling activities up to the date of publication and the inclusion of telephone numbers, Bliss stated. He described the book as "financially a success...
Wisconsin's Governor Julius Peter ("Julius the Bust") Heil, who has not made a notable success of governing his own State, astonished the nation by implicitly criticizing his neighbor, Michigan's good-godly Governor Luren Dickinson. Referring to the Chrysler automobile workers' strike, Governor Heil declared: "You've got to use strong methods. I would like to be the Governor of Michigan today...
...Catherine II also was less Great than advertised, more liberal in word than in deed: The peasants "sank to the lowest level of slavery during her so-called enlightened reign." "She was a fairly clever woman . . . such a one as, given the means, might make a success as a London hostess...
According to the late reports from the Blue camp both of these problems have been satisfactorily solved. The solution of the first involves Bill Starbuck, success-story Sentor, whom Pond has selected to start in the first backfield as blocking back tomorrow. Up to two weeks ago, Starluck was a little-known understudy for Captain Bill Stack at center, and for this very reason his appearances in games had been few and brief...