Word: successful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such a solid hit that it is still running today. This team's second effort, The Miracle Worker, came to the Wilbur Theatre in Boston Tuesday night. It is a gripping, magnificently performed piece of stagecraft, and it should have no difficulty in duplicating and surpassing the success of Seesaw...
...Helen cannot speak, her every movement must convey something to the audience; Helen cannot be played as a mere dumb animal, for the entire play is meant to prove that there is something inside her, waiting to be released. Under Penn's direction, Miss Duke is more than a success in this awfully taxing part; without ever uttering a word, she is the most memorable child actress to appear in years...
...opening address to divinity students at Memorial Church, Miller claimed that "the church may long deceive itself by its spectacular success in members and prestige without knowing how hollow it has become...
Although unwilling to predict the team's success in other single races, Parker did say that from its vantage point of being National titleholder, the team "certainly should finish well," particularly if a number of new freshmen and sophomores join the Yacht Club...
...their study of adult male criminals, the University pair found three unusual criteria which seem to determine success or failure in correctional prisons. Foreign born offenders adapt better to correctional treatment than native ones do; sons of poor families adapt better than sons of moderate or wealthy ones; and men who started work at an early age adapt better than those who started later...