Word: successful
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...mind. In a practical and immediate sense, his mission to China (see below) had been a failure; but it had also been a demonstration of his capacity to understand and his willingness to lead. In history's longer-sighted eye, it might turn out to have been a success...
...also a great week for eulogies of all kinds. Michigan's Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg sonorously praised the "relentless fidelity and constant success" of Texas' white-maned Tom Connally, his predecessor as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Republicans praised Democrats, Democrats praised Republicans. Jimmy Byrnes was praised and so was General Marshall...
...Success formula of the week came from Georgia's umbrageous Dan Duke, outgoing Assistant Attorney General. Defeated by "white supremacy" champions, Duke let go from the bitter corner of his mouth with ten rules for success in Georgia politics...
...Francisco, in Lake Success, we protest, as one voice, the veto. Yet each country, in its turn, reserves it for its own benefit, invoking intangible sovereignty. Are we going to build international democracy upon national dictatorship...
Encouraged by the success of contractors like the Bells, the Trust Co. of Georgia took another step to improve Georgia agriculture. This week the bank decided to spend $25,000 a year on a Robert Strickland Memorial Agricultural Fund, to promote better farming...