Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fifth attempt was a success at last, for he took his stance in front of the orchestra, where the volume of the music deterred the other stags. This time he managed to get a partner. It didn't last very long; after twelve bars of "Deep in the Heart of Texas" he was left alone deep in the middle of the dance floor. For several seconds he stood there, like a traffic cop, and then hooked another one. Five more bars of toe-stubbing and then fingernails pinched into his shoulder. At times Vag couldn't tell whether...
...role that economics will play in the post-war world. Already some effort has been made towards pooling of the world's resources and money in the Lease-Lend act with England, China, and Russia, but Professor De Haas warned that the pressure groups stand in the way of success...
Free music for city people was Goldman's idea when he founded his summer band concerts in 1918, wheedled $300,000 to support them, mainly from rich New Yorkers. Later the Guggenheim family (copper) adopted them as a private benefaction. But their popular success is due mainly to Bandmaster Goldman's devotion to the sound of reeds and brasses...
...their targets. Self-propelled, the rockets trail a stream of sparks like the tail of a comet. In London some experts predicted that rocket bombs may soon make dive-bombing obsolete. Reasons: 1) the new weapon's high potential accuracy, which enables planes to bomb with greater success from greater heights; 2) its greater penetrating power-the push of the rocket stream is added to the momentum given to the bomb by the onrushing plane...
What Henderson was fighting for last week was really a chance to make a success of his job. To a Senator who asked whether rumors of his resignation were true he cracked, "Why not? You fellows don't seem to give a damn about making price-freezing work. Why should I?" To reporters he said he might go off to Havana for a cooling-off trip since "I can't seem to get to go any place else." The last time he went South to cool off (TIME, April 21, 1941) was just before Franklin Roosevelt gave...