Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...office, if not with the critics, Margaret's tour was a considerable success. Her estimated take (from which she had to pay her secretary, manager and accompanist); Fort Worth, $2,500; Oklahoma City, close to $4,000; Memphis, $2,150; Hollywood, close to $1,000; Pittsburgh, about $5,000; Amarillo, about...
...made Camillien feel good. While congratulatory wires and letters piled up on his desk, he lolled in his high-backed chair, chain-smoked, outlined his formula for political success. "I'm good-natured but quick-tempered," said he. "Also they tell me I am bighearted. I will never leave a man in a poor fix if I can help it. No one leaves my office without some hope. But I don't mince words. Sometimes I tell them it's their own damned fault they got into trouble in the first place. Then I try to help...
...offered herself to the Met, passed muster at an audition and was launched without fanfare. She was somewhat dumpy of figure, but the audience soon forgave that: she could act and she could sing, with fire and with control. Of nine debuts so far, hers was the only unqualified success...
...knew something of what to expect. In the midst of France's troubles last week, well-dressed Parisians packed the smart, red-walled Club des Champs Elysées, to see Lena Horne's Continental debut. Word had drifted across the channel of Lena's smashing success in London-and by midnight the atmosphere was electric...
...Signal Corps did not describe the gadget used to generate the waves. Neither did it tell the military objective of the experiments. The Germans tried with no success to use sound as a military weapon in World War II, but their devices were comparatively crude. The Signal Corps may see some possibility of killing not only mice...