Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...within a year after victory over Germany. The U.S., said he, would concentrate on supply for Chinese troops, continue air support for the Chinese Army. To Chiang Kai-shek he submitted recommendations ("simple and I hope sound") for immediate action against the enemy, kept his fingers crossed for speedy success in north Burma...
...newcomer to opera. She has spent several years trouping in big and small parts with the Chicago, Cincinnati and San Carlo opera companies. To radio listeners she is already familiar as a guest artist on the RCA, Coca-Cola, Firestone and other big-time programs. Her new success is the latest milestone in her promising career...
Fellow flyers ascribe McCampbell's success to: 1) crack marksmanship, 2) "more goddamned guts than any man you ever saw," 3) a sober regard for the enemy that keeps him primed for battle ("I have been shot full of holes three times but never shot down," says McCampbell, "and I never forget that"). But probably the biggest reason for it is that he fights for all he is worth. After one battle, the other pilots in his squadron returned with an average of 20 gallons of gasoline and 100 rounds of ammunition; McCampbell, who had his command...
...should be isolated, hung low, placed near a miniature formal garden which complemented the painting's colors; that an Aztec Goddess of Death be mounted on a hillock with rocks, gravel, cacti. Kepes' eye for impact value rates much of the credit for the show's success...
This quick-mixed success is the work of Milton A. Holmes and his wife Gladys L. Both are 49, both experts. Milt is a grey-haired, double-chinned efficiency expert; Gladys, a cooking expert. Her greying hair in soft upswept waves is matched by grey rims on her slightly upswept glasses...