Word: successful
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...sixty members attending the discussion voted to abandon the policy of circulating petitions to arouse student sentiment, a method widely used during the fall with mediocre results, in favor of direct lobbying and testimony before legislative committees. Outstanding success of the petitions distributed throughout the University was a resolution condemning the tactics used by the Rankin Committee against Professor Harlow Shapley, which was signed by 1200 students and faculty members...
Neither, however, saw any immediate possibility of success for a drive at the present time...
...whole idea of "Constituencies" and "issues" may seem a bit foreign to the Harvard way of carrying on politics. But the idea of expanding student participation in student affairs has been the driving force behind the new constitution. The chances for its success lie in the ability of the men of future Councils to capture the imagination of the College. It appears that the new structure of the Council will not accomplish this alone. It remains for better publicity and the unfettered workings of the democratic system to reunite the undergraduates and the Student Council into a working team...
Item: Alfred Cortot, Minister of Music for the Vichy Government, was hissed off the stage in Paris this month but performs with great success in Switzerland...
Behind the play's success, however, is the performance and direction of Mr. Gielgud. Whether he is dressed in morning for his undeceased and indeed imaginary brother Earnest or merely struggling with the force of Lady Bracknell, Gielgud is worth an evening at the theater...