Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...home (Oxford, Miss.): " 'Why look here,' they'll say, 'Bill Faulkner's gone and got his picture in the New York paper.' So they come around and try to borrow money, figuring I've made a million dollars . . ." The old days, before success came, sometimes look pretty good to Faulkner: "I was a free man. Had one pair of pants, one pair of shoes, and an old trench coat with a pocket big enough for a whiskey bottle; Now I get stacks of letters, asking what I eat for breakfast, and what about...
Said optimistic Conductor Frederick: "This reception indicates that Schoenberg may become a popular composer." But Composer Schoenberg himself was more realistic: "I make a great difference between success and popularity. To become popular with serious music, one needs time. It must be heard oftener...
...since 1932 has Brown had such an outstanding team as the present aggregation, but there is no one man on the squad responsible for success. It has rather been a team job all the way and the Bruins' replacements like Joe Paterno at quarterback, Jim DiDomencio at halfback, Don Colo at tackle, and John Scott and Ed Kiely alternating at center have been invaluable to the 1948 campaign...
...several years. He has made no concessions to the peculiarities of Sanders and has achieved a picture-frame stage through ingenious use of curtains and cables. The direction of Robert Seaver was commendable. He has done wonders with a play in which pace and timing are essential to success. "Amphitryon" clicks along with complete certainty of purpose...
Returning from last year's squad--which beat almost every local squash-playing college plus three of Canada's hottest teams--will be four men who, Coach Barnaby hopes, can lead the Crimson to a repeat of the '47-'48 success, or even to an undefeated season...