Word: acclaimed
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...final novel from the celebrated author who died last December tracks, sometimes amusingly and always relentlessly, the decline of literary inventiveness. Eugene Pota, an author in his 70s, knew success and acclaim in his youth, and wants to make their acquaintance one more time. But nothing he begins writing, including the further adventures of Tom Sawyer and the story of God's wife, strikes him as worth pursuing. The one thing he refuses to consider doing is a novel about a novelist, a category he deems "already passe." The joke is on Pota; he doesn't realize that...
...eventually O'Brien began to win some real acclaim...
...filed for official group status with Harvard College, raising questions about what their role will be in the united College. The Women's Leadership Project conference continued its excellent work this year, as did the Take Back the Night coalition. These groups have received national acclaim and have proved central to keeping the experience of women on campus prominent. However, the Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe conference for female first-years did not occur this year, and there are no plans for it to continue; Dean of Freshman Elizabeth Studley Nathans has suggested there is no longer a need...
...Kissinger also won international acclaim for his work in the Mideast peace process. After the Egyptian invasion of Israel in 1973, Kissinger adopted a policy later coined "shuttle diplomacy," travelling throughout the region to orchestrate a truce in the conflict...
...software company can thrive by providing the "innovative, user-friendly technologies" that Bill Gates claims are responsible for the popularity of Windows [TECHNOLOGY, May 15]. Unfortunately Microsoft products prove that this is not the case. People who feel that Windows or the Office suite qualifies for this kind of acclaim have not had the opportunity to use the superior alternatives that have been all but squeezed out by the "critical mass" of the Windows product. The reality, for all of Bill's bleating, is that it is difficult for people to choose or use a non-Microsoft product--not because...