Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well aware was 32-year-old Candi- date Ingalls that he has an uphill grind before him, that his chances of success are none too large. Said he frankly: "I know it will be a hard fight but I'll be in there to win." What will probably help him most is the engaging friendliness of his public manner. When he answers his telephone at the Navy Department, he says simply: "Hello?Dave Ingalls." His immediate superior booms out: "Hello! This is Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary, United States Navy, speaking...
...friends were sorrowfully telling one another that the President probably could not now carry his own State. But the election was still 363 days off, in which time the whole political scene can and may change. Two major things may occur to improve President Hoover's chances of success: i) a turn for the better in the economic tide, with rising prices and increased trade, which would substantially dampen the "protest vote" now rampant; 2) Democratic blunders in managing the next House (see p. 12), followed by another Wet & Dry schism after the Democratic nomination...
...Dartmouth experiment succeeds, it will be like adding a year to a man's life. But it must be remembered that the success of twenty dean-picked men is no proof that schoolboys at large are not better off with the sobering sword of the board examinations hanging above their heads...
...result of the success of the modern language tables at the Union, a dinner at which only Latin will be spoken in to be held by the Classical Club on Wednesday evening at 6.30 o'clock in the Leverett House dining hall. In spite of the fact that difficulties are expected to arise in finding words to suit the modern table conditions. Dr. A. H. Chase '27, president of the club, believes that this will not greatly hinder the general table conversation...
This grim but lively melodrama, even more than her earlier vehicles (Always Goodby, Wicked) shows the potentialities of Elissa Landi as an emotional actress. A stage success of 17 years ago, the picture has two other noteworthy performances?by Laurence Olivier, a mild spoken English actor with unusually good camera presence, and Lionel Barrymore. Barrymore, the best leerer in his family, achieves facial contortions of unparalleled eloquence; he has added a scratchy guffaw to his paraphernalia of lechery. Good shot: the scene in a cabaret in which a song sung by the performers reminds Barrymore where he first saw Elissa...