Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...floor lies a tiger- skin rug and within easy reach is a pedestal ashtray. The couch's deep easy pitch not only relaxes the body but loosens the tongue to friendly informal talk. If the World Economic Conference, opening in London June 12, proves a success, it will be due in no small measure to last week's discussions between President Roosevelt and his distinguished visitors on this White House couch...
Little Ol' Boy (by Albert Bein; Henry Hammond Inc., producer). Considerable fanfare prefaced the appearance of Little Ol' Boy. No less than six reputable producers announced it for production in the past two years. The success of the playwright's The Heavenly Express, presented by a suburban repertory theatre last summer, added to the general bally- hoo. At one point James Cagney was said to have planned to retire temporarily from the films and take a part in Little Ol' Boy. For once, preliminary enthusiasm is justified. Little Ol' Boy has all the earmarks...
...have attracted him to farming. All he wanted for the immediate future was Maria, daughter of fat Marco Sanclemente, who ran the company canteen. Marco was a politico in a small way and tried to shape his future son-in-law into one. But again, though Jose made a success that surprised himself in his only venture among the firecrackers of Cuban politics, he did not like it, slipped off at the first opportunity and went back to his Maria. Fat Marco stayed on in the town, became a politico in earnest. Jose inherited his job at the canteen...
Whether anybody likes the tunes or not, there is at least the dimension or technical success of intelligibility. The music does not hide the words...
...three-year Treasury notes. To encourage small investors the bonds were offered in denominations as low as $100, and the Treasury declared its intention of trying to allot in full all subscriptions up to $10,000. Within a few hours banks announced a heavy subscription. Success of this issue will make it easy for the Treasury to pay off its short term notes now maturing nearly every month, presages further "popular" offerings to solve refunding problems...