Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...third heartening factor in the week's news was the continued success of the air lift to Berlin, which showed, in small focus but enormous perspective, the military might of the West...
Already Bernadotte had achieved a sensational success. If he settled the Palestine war, U.N., under U.S.-British leadership, would again become the focus of hope...
...closest experience of Kremlin policy during World War II. He had been in Moscow when Stalin & Co. abandoned all but a vestige of Marxism in their propaganda and rallied the Russian people with outright Russian nationalism. Thorez, an apt pupil, tried the same line in France, with considerable political success. But the Kremlin views Communist nationalism as an unexportable commodity. It can be used only by the Kremlin bosses-and only in Russia...
...five games (said Joe: "Best pitcher I ever saw"). After dropping a 13-inning, 1-0 pitching duel to Paige, Dizzy Dean paid Satchel a dizzying tribute: "Me and Satch could win 60 games in one season." (To a reporter, Satchel Paige once confided the secret of his success: "Diet. I eat only fried foods...
...show such a success? Explains Producer Louis G. Cowan, who achieved early fame & fortune with the Quiz Kids (TIME, July 15, 1940): "We've made the home audience an integral part of every show ... I conceive of this thing as being kind of a national Sunday game." How sure had he been? Says Cowan: "There are certain things that have the smell of a hit about them. This thing smelled like a hit right...