Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...name of the game is television is to rate better than the other two networks, to succeed too quickly for innovation. The climate has grown more severe year by year," Lear explained, adding that he does not foresee an improvement in programming quality in the near future...
...group, Harvard students are cautious, time-conscious and practical because from what we read and are told by parents and other elders, these are the qualities needed to succeed in high-powered pursuits during times of economic recession. To win in a crowded fast lane, you need solid credentials, which for all but the truly gifted intellects require a great deal of enervating preparation...
...move against Medvedev added weight to evidence that Party Leader Yuri Andropov has stepped up the campaign against independent thought that he had begun as head of the KGB. Said Medvedev, who had predicted as early as 1978 that Andropov would succeed Leonid Brezhnev as party leader: "People have been asking me about the new Andropov government, and I've been saying that it's going to be strict on the one hand and appear to be intellectual on the other. However, we've seen plenty of examples of its being strict and so far little intellect...
Despite such bitter criticism, there is at least one faint sign that the U.S. approach might succeed. South African and Angolan representatives are expected to meet soon in the Cape Verde Islands to discuss not only the Cuban troop withdrawal, but South Africa's frequent raids into Angolan territory in search of SWAPO rebels. Whether the talks will contribute to a settlement is another matter. The bleak assessment from General Constand Viljoen, commander of the 20,000 South African troops fighting against SWAPO in Namibia, is that his occupying forces will not be withdrawn from the territory this year...
...June from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management: "We were told to get out there early and get our names in people's faces and not stop-to just keep hitting and hitting and hitting." This year, in other words, there is little chance to succeed in business without really trying...