Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Present Laughter--Noel Coward's new play, straight from its London success. John C. Wilson directed and Clifton Webb stars in this latest light comedy, which opened at the Plymouth last night...
...University of Belgrade Kiev-born Igor Youskevitch studied chemical engineering and played soccer. "It was my second year when a ballerina there made a proposition for me to be her partner in an acrobatic dance," says Youskevitch. They were a success in Yugoslavia, so they went to Paris. "We did couple concerts. There we're flop. Then the ballerina had to go home. I think it was her husband or something...
...shoe manufacturer, Zeckendorf went to public schools in New York and to New York University. For a dozen-odd years in & out of various realty firms, he had been only a moderate success: he didn't know enough of the right people. When, in the course of one of his deals, he ran into W. & K., it was like loose lightning being drawn to a lake...
...which means: "Give me a kiss, please, Miss. I like your nose''- and two-line essays on moral subjects (e.g., "Nothing fails like Success"). They spoke English fluently, but after the manner (somewhat corrupted) of their 18th Century creator, Jonathan Swift. They would say: "He fell Victim to Intoxication, and dismounted from his Nag to seek the Safety of the Terra Firma...
...sources, some 250 speeches, letters and literary odds & ends. Many of the selections are obvious and familiar (the classic Gettysburg and Second Inaugural addresses, etc.); many are curious, little-known bits-such as Lincoln's grateful testimonial to a corncutter: "Dr. Zachariehas operated on my feet with great success, and considerable addition to my comfort...