Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most obvious reason for the meeting was simply to give two of the original members a chance to meet the third and newest. If they hit it off, the meeting would be a partial success no matter what was discussed. But there was much to talk about (see INTERNATIONAL...
...eminent position of the U.S. in the family of nations is supported by her balanced elements of greatness, one of which is ... military power." The success of the world security organization may well depend upon U.S. military power. But it is not "feasible" for the U.S. to support a large standing force. The alternative: "A trained citizenry is . . . necessary to a respectable military posture for our nation in the postwar period." Far from being unAmerican, the report declared, the plan for military training "is in accordance with our best traditions...
Lord Wavell waited quietly while the endless corridor conferences proceeded. He had come far, he had no intention of jeopardizing the success of his mission now. The Congress leaders were willing to take office. The Moslem League would scarcely allow itself to be squeezed out of India's new government by the Congress ministers and nonLeague Moslems. This week, when the Simla conference convenes again, the prospects for settlement are bright...
...potential box office exceeds $10,000. (Just to be on the safe side, he also took in as business partner Y. D. Scales, a Fort Worth auto dealer, whose daughter, pert Kathryn Lee, a musicomedy dancer, wanted to be a highbrow ballerina.) Said Massine, flushed with the opening success of Highlights: "My conception of repertoire is the same as that of chamber music in relation to symphony. ... I feel I am restoring some of the basic elements of Russian ballet. . . . Today ballet has become, with big companies, a kind of musical comedy...
...Incalculable city," wrote Fitzgerald. "What ensued was only one of a thousand success stories of those gaudy days. . . . I, who knew less of [New York] society than any hall-room boy in a Ritz stagline, was pushed into the position not only of spokesman for the time but of the typical product." Actresses whom he had worshipped from afar now eagerly lunched at his apartment. When he stepped into a public fountain in the small hours, the gossip columns turned the splash into a tidal wave. The morning after a mild argument with a cop, he read: "Fitzgerald Knocks Officer...