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... success with several one - act comedies . In 1895 he wrote The Seagull which was acted the next year in St. Petersburg . The performance was an utter failure , for neither director nor actors un- derstood the play , and Chekhov vowed to ...
... success with several one - act comedies . In 1895 he wrote The Seagull which was acted the next year in St. Petersburg . The performance was an utter failure , for neither director nor actors un- derstood the play , and Chekhov vowed to ...
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... success . Sarnoff became vice presi- dent of RCA in 1922 , and within three years the company's radio receiver sales totaled $ 83 million . Another of Sarnoff's visions was realized in 1926 with the formation of the National ...
... success . Sarnoff became vice presi- dent of RCA in 1922 , and within three years the company's radio receiver sales totaled $ 83 million . Another of Sarnoff's visions was realized in 1926 with the formation of the National ...
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... successful , showing a special aptitude for altering and improving instru- ments . His father joined him there , and ... success in 1745 when his victory at Fontenoy helped France gain control of the Austrian Netherlands . He followed ...
... successful , showing a special aptitude for altering and improving instru- ments . His father joined him there , and ... success in 1745 when his victory at Fontenoy helped France gain control of the Austrian Netherlands . He followed ...
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