Word: successful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even if the Vote on Vietnam canvassers have as much success with all Cambridge as they seem to have had with Mrs. K., there is some question whether their resolution qualifies to be put on the ballot. It is uncertain whether the charter requires the City Council to place on the ballot a statement directed at a national issue, outsode the pervue of local government. The canvassers people expect the council to try to disqualify the petition "on technicalities," and they are preparing to fight the matter out in court...
What is sparking the switch to electricity is of course the success of the amplified guitar in the rock-'n'-roll sound. By gimmicking other instruments, manufacturers hope to tune in on the bustling sales that guitars have enjoyed in recent years. In addition, amplified wind instruments, with their ability to project normally dulcet tones and make small ensembles sound larger, may also find markets in the jazz, dance and school-band fields...
...bitter, searing attack on the foibles and faults of Roman Catholicism, which he still professes to love and serve. Thanks in large measure to its shock value, as well as an aggressive publicity campaign on its behalf, his book is well on its way to becoming a profitable publishing success. It has sold more than 40,000 copies since its publication last month and is now entering a fifth printing...
...Hepburn's German shepherd. He did not have much luck with a case of sibling rivalry in Bob Hope's dogs, but he blames that partly on the Hopes, who did not show up for most of the counseling sessions. But Miller says that he had enormous success with Governor Ronald Reagan's young collie, turning it from a frisky puppy into a mature dog that the Governor is now "able to communicate with...
...astounding (40-18-36) figure, Jayne was single-mindedly intent on becoming a "Hollywood personality," and in a way she succeeded-by flooding the papers with peep-show photos and an incredible series of antic marriages, mishaps and escapades. In her role as the dazzlingly dumb blonde in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, critics thought they saw a spark of talent. But Jayne was too busy to fan that flame...