Word: successful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour's consultation, he urged French Premier Felix Gaillard, apparently with some success, to take a warmer view of an American offer to put intermediate range missiles and nuclear warheads on the European front facing Soviet Russia...
...Hardly a Success. The first day of the legislative sessions was set aside to discuss foreign policy with leaders of both parties. The second day was spent reviewing domestic programs with Republicans, headed by Senate Leader Bill Knowland and House Leader Joe Martin. The meetings were held weeks earlier than usual, so as to give ranking members of Congress a chance to participate in the formulation of policy. The speedup was hardly a success: Republicans were indignant because the Democrats were called in so early; Democrats, who had long fumed at being left out until the last moment, now complained...
...should have kept mum until success had been attained...
...Americans do not fear the risk of a momentary failure, because they are conscious of their strength and stubbornness through which they will get a success tomorrow in the same place where they failed today...
Without the prestige of as admirable and impartial a chairman as Justice Reed the commission could lose much of its potency. The delay in choosing Reed's successor has also harmed chances of the group's eventual success, for it has only a two-year life-span. The other members of the commission are all responsible men, but they were chosen largely by Reed and may not work as well under a different chief...