Word: successful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...months by an internal revolt against pro-Western President Camille Chamoun, which is aided and abetted by arms, men and radio encouragement from Nasser. At the beginning of the week, both weary sides were reportedly ready to agree on Army Chief Fuad Shehab as new President. But success of the revolt in Iraq undoubtedly would set the Lebanese rebels against any compromise...
...immediate, practical result of Neurospora genetics was the application of mold irradiation to wartime penicillin production. Much more important were the long-range scientific results. The success with Neurospora yielded new techniques for using molds and other small organisms as genetic tools. Out of its use flowed a new attitude toward genetics. No longer were genes considered abstract units of heredity. They became actual things, not entirely understood but known to be concerned with definite chemical actions. Professor Joshua Lederberg, 33, of the University of Wisconsin, probably the world's leading young geneticist, says that the Neurospora work...
...still the dominating presence at Roosevelt. In fact, in the last ten years he has become the dominant figure in the whole sport. Raised on his family's breeding farm in Pennsylvania, Del Miller has won a dazzling reputation as a breeder and trainer. His most spectacular success came in 1948, when he bought a stallion named Adios for $21,000. Adios earned him $1,000,000 in stud fees and sales of yearlings before he sold the horse for $500,000 to the Hanover farm in 1955. Adios' progeny hold some seven world records...
...boycotted the church. One day a young (33), eloquent Baptist minister came to the village, was challenged by a priest (and locally famed Bible expert) to a Bible quiz in Latin and Greek. After four hours and 45 minutes, the Baptist came out the popular victor. Encouraged by his success, Pastor Graziano Cannito began to hold services in a private house, soon chalked up 70 Sant'Angelo conversions. In nearby towns, which he tirelessly covered in his little Fiat, he had made more than 300 other converts...
...Goddess. Playwright Paddy Chayefsky and Actress Kim Stanley delivering a roaring diatribe against the Bitch Goddess, Success, at a pace that is sometimes slow but in a tone that is marvelously Swift (TIME, July...