Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...straightforward exercise in the academic, conservatory style of the late nineteenth-century. The opening theme is a cross between the Schumann piano concerto and piano quartet, and the rest is not only warmed-over, but decadent Mendelssohn. It is a delightful work in its way, but to succeed it requires complete control and attention to detail that the ensemble, heads buried in the music, was not prepared to give. The group was often not quite together and tended to play at a consistent mezzo volume. On the whole their performance was earnest but dull...
...ironic that Gatto should succeed Clasby, Harvard's all-time career rushing leader with 1820 yards. Gatto, now in fourth place in career rushing behind Clasby, Bobby Leo, and Chet Bouiris '61, will be trying to eclipse that mark next year. With 1452 yards under his belt already, he will almost certainly succeed...
Despite their misgivings, most businessmen predict rising sales next year. "We are backing up our forecast by increasing production," says Chairman William Blackie of Caterpillar Tractor Co. "Most businessmen I meet feel we're going to succeed-in spite of Government." Optimism, however, is often tempered with worry over strikes, rising labor costs, and, inevitably, squeezed profit margins...
...Rooks sees most of his life from a hospital bed in a series of intricate overlapping flashbacks that add up to a collage of visions, ranging from drug-inspired distortion to moments of near lucidity. A razor-sharp editing job and imaginative juxtaposition of black-and-white and color succeed as few films have in suggesting how alcoholic and narcotic hallucinations appear to the beholder...
...original--as if the constant recitation of the need were synonomous with implementation." What is significant about the Freedom Budget is its refusal to ignore the sweeping changes occuring in the economy and its recognition that only an unprecedented, national commitment to eliminate all the causes of poverty can succeed...