Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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High Price of Success. But not right away. Farmer Anderson is also a hard-headed businessman and he is not going to sell his wheat right now-not before January if he can help it. That is one reason why he built his own elevator. What about the Government's order to farmers to sell half the grain they bring in for storage? The stock answer of Ford County farmers: "Nuts to that." If the Government tried to put a penalty on everybody who does not comply, it would have to move against about 95% of the wheat belt...
Birth of Bedlam. Strong men and weak, good & bad-from Mormon Elder Sam Brannan to Roger Dearborn Lapham-have tried with varying success to run or rob or manage "The City" since it began life as Yerba Buena 112 years...
Either the steps of Widener Library or Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall will be the scene of the rally, depending on the success today of the Committee in petitioning Dean Duhig for permission, so far refused, to use the preferred outdoor location...
...popular success. Said Fair Secretary Lloyd Cunningham: "The whole Fair Board was tired of being kidded about that picture. It was an insult to our pioneer Iowa farmers. It made them look coconut-headed, barrel-necked and low-browed...
...long run, the success of the British export program will depend on how much of its present market Britain will lose to increasing competition later. The British hope that they can sell everything they can export for at least two years. This may be overoptimistic. Furthermore, the easy market now may make it harder to compete later. British manufacturers, who have always resisted innovation, may get so complacent that they will postpone modernization until it is too late. Those who do try to increase their efficiency may find that the machinery they need has been exported. When the time comes...