Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William Jennings Bryan era of statecraft, solicitous measures were taken to protect the native Filipino from selling his land (ideal for growing rubber) to "exploiters." He was to be educated and he was to exploit his land himself. He has been educated with marked success; but he has not made expected progress in developing his land, has turned politician rather than gentleman farmer...
There are many difficulties to be overcome in any Freshman course, arising from the lack of adequate preparation possessed by the majority of first year men. These difficulties have been largely met by the reorganization in the course administration, and, as a result, the chief responsibility for the success of English A now devolves on the instructors. Yet due to the lack of experience, which hampers many of its teachers, Freshman English does not arouse the interest it should. If the course were to be taught by more experienced instructors and placed on a par with similar courses...
...been a boom decade. Princeton has grown physically; socially it has tightened up. Every year has seen Princeton getting a little more like Yale, the bulldog of Success. Every year, as the practical social-business value of a college education has gone up, like a seat on the Stock Exchange, more and more embryo junior executives have hopefully applied for admission to the freshman class. But we are not yet indistinguishable from Yale. For one thing, we are smaller...
...Suss," the author depicts the rise and fall of the power of Joseph Suss. At first merely treasurer to the Duke of Wurtemburg, he gradually increases in power until he finally controls the throne. The Menorah presentation of "Disraeli" in 1929 met with marked success...
...equipped with a devilish little mustache, has long been identified in the cinema with the roles of enervated clubmen, sleek playboys, roues too tired to be dashing. Required to impersonate, in The Front Page, a city editor addicted to coarse epithets and unscrupulous behavior, he does so with surprising success, without even removing his boutonniere. In order to retain the services of a reporter who wants to leave town for a more respectable position, he arranges for police to arrest the reporter. "The son of a ?* stole my watch," he says...