Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Does he know the truism that almost every successful man owes his success to the influence or inspiration of some woman? Why, then, is it unfair for her to continue to share the spoils of victory even though they no longer share the same...
...happily for many years, suddenly reach the divorce courts, usually because the men, now at the Dangerous Age, yearn for young blood. Is there no moral obligation due these women who have given the best years of their lives to their husbands, borne them children, spurred them on to success? They are now, unlike their fickle husbands, past the age of desirability in either the business or the marriage market. Their parents are undoubtedly dead. Should no provision be made for their future...
Aside from the various questions of detail, a major obstacle to the success of the scheme is the cost of licenses; this expense is determined by the local licensing board, any may vary from twenty-five to five hundred dollars. Since each House must obtain a separate license, it is obvious that the cost would be prohibitive if the fee were set at the latter figure. Actually, there is no reason why an amicable settlement in this matter cannot be reached. If the University restricted the consumption of its matter cannot be reached. If the University restricted the consumption...
...fire he was always hoping one would get hot, but it never did. Meanwhile his favorite sister Catherine died, Anne and Hortense married failures, Aaron got greyer and stingier. Joe's bitterest pill was to watch his youngest brother David, a hypocritical prig, become the only financial success in the family. Joe's letters home were optimistic to the last, but long before the end he found himself a settled failure, saddled with a virago wife, threatened more & more by the insanity that finally...
...Arbor critics prophesied a great success for Merry Mount at the Metropolitan next winter. Excerpts from Critic Stokes's libretto: Indians...