Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chiang's only definite success of the week was military. His troops in both northern and southern Shantung made good progress in the campaign to clear the Tientsin-Pukow railway line, one of the major links between northern and central China. The Communist position in south Shantung had been disorganized by the defection of General Ho Peng-chu, who had been first a Japanese, then a Communist puppet. Ho was captured by the Communists eleven days after he switched over to the Government with his 15,000 men; but the damage had been done, and the Nationalists were able...
Lofchie gave much of the credit for the success of this clearinghouse to Mrs. Helen McCloskey, of the Veteran Book Office, who has done a large part of the work in setting...
...LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.,February 28 Great Britain called upon the United Nation Economic and social Council today to give top priority to the creation of a permanent economic commission which would help the war-ravaged nations of Europe get back on their feet...
...support their stand on the topic: "Received. That labor should be given a direct share in the management of industry," the affirmative pointed to the success of labor-management committees during the war. The affirmative also claimed that giving labor a share in management would tend to unite capital and labor, diminish industrial strife, and put an end to the possibility of class warfare...
Here is where the basic trouble lies. A musical costs so much, and has to fill such a big theater for such a long time to make money, that investors want to be sure of a hit. In a non-musical, the expense is less, and the necessary success is less, so the gamble is less. Furthermore, if the show is a flop, the less is less. A musical flop, usually costing around $250.000 is big business, and big business is interested in profits not progress...