Word: successful
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...other factors are also vital. Coaches, for example, have changed along with athletes. In the first place, there are more of them. "I didn't even have a football coach in grade school," recalls Red Grange, who contributed so much to the early success of pro football. "I only had one in high school. Today, there are two or three in grade school, five in high school, and the last time I visited the University of Illinois, there was a coach for every specialty...
...time of Glimp's appointment as Dean of the College, it was thought that a new dean of admissions would be announced before the end of this term. Since then, several men have been approached for the job, Pusey said, but with no success...
Monro said he favors exempting students who have a very difficult time with languages even if the doctors find no evidence of strephosymbolia. When a student tries hard with no success, the testimony of the teacher or the senior tutor should suffice, he said...
...fact, contrary to Mr. Lardner's strictures that the argument recognizes the impossibility of electoral success and therefore "fails to inspire" enthusiasm, it is precisely the point that the left must become much more sophisticated in its definitions of "success." It could even be, though I personally doubt it, that the demonstrated willingness of the left to organize a potential third party, might encourage President Johnson to reverse his policy and thus make it possible to vote for him in 1968. Or, it might be decided to run candidates against the President in the Democratic primaries in an effort...
...effect, moreover, of failure at the polls need be "demoralizing" to Mr. Lardner only if he's built up unrealistic hopes in himself and others beforehand. The price Americans pay for failing to have any kind of historical consciousness is that "success" is defined in terms of immediate payoffs and quick victories. I personally would define "success" as beginning to channel the chaotic energy of Watts and Harlem into political institutions capable of bringing organized power to bear against established political groups. Maybe by 1980 "success" would include victory at the polls, but for now goals must be more limited...