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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...These should be our articles of faith. If we adhere to them, we will be true to our character and ideals. Success is assured if we are true to ourselves. We have a system which, though far from perfect, is strong with idealism. It gives elbow room for men of all races and all beliefs. It is vital and dynamic. And it works. We have the means of shaping the world in our pattern. If we do, freedom will be assured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: A System That Works | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Five short papers--1000 to 1500 words--and one longer one might be the standard. The key to their success would be the assignment of definite topics, with perhaps several to choose from, for each essay. Instead of the small and specialized subjects that are found in most "term papers," these essays would deal with broad aspects of that part of the course which had already been covered. The topics could, in fact, be drawn from the reserve of final examination questions. The student could "agree or disagree with above statement, using examples from the material of the course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 5/25/1948 | See Source »

Last week, Lake Success was awaiting his successor, Yakov Alexandrovich Malik, former Soviet Ambassador to Japan, and wondering if he would be any different-outwardly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: Armor-Plated Andrei | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

Toughest obstacle to Núñez' success: Cuba's sugar prosperity. Observers in Havana thought he had a fair chance if he could keep up his killing pace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Another Doctor? | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...best; the directors, after a few cluttered mishaps, have wisely stopped trying to paint extravaganzas on their Lilliputian canvas. The intimate kind of show they settled for hardly rivals the razzle-dazzle-of Hollywood, but it fits neatly between the living-room sofa and the book case. One recent success: Great Catherine, with Gertrude Lawrence, who back in 1938 appeared in the first televersion of a Broadway play (Susan and God). CBS, screening digests of current Broadway hits, made a cramped marionette show out of Mister Roberts, but last week's television of The Play's the Thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Infant Grows Up | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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