Word: successful
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...Byrd Machine (its supporters refer to it as The Organization) has shown remarkable durability over the past 40 years. It has changed a little bit--maybe more--but it keeps on winning. The success of the Machine was predicated on a low voter turnout. That meant not only discouraging Negroes from voting, but also many poor whites. There have never been any outright bars to the ballot in Virginia, but intricate laws concerning residence requirements and an ingeniously devised web of poll taxes accomplished the same objective in a more sutble way. The electorate was kept within manageably limits...
Never on Sunday. On the eve of Romney's arrival, Rocky, ensconced in a three-bedroom cottage alongside Brother Laurance's palm-fringed Dorado Beach Hotel, called newsmen over for a chat about the prospects of Republican unity and success. To Rockefeller, the 25 G.O.P. Governors "provide a very unique starting point" for a comeback. But Rocky thought-and said repeatedly-that they should achieve a "consensus" on objectives and attitudes before they begin worrying about a candidate. After the umpteenth reference to "consensus"-which, after all, has become virtually a Lyndon Johnson copyright-he admitted: "I hate...
...case of the Sun, youth is fortunately supported by a very generous daddy. Cowles has sunk close to $2,000,000 into the paper and is willing to shell out much more to make it a success. For a month, the Sun will distribute 100,000 free copies a day while it tries to sign up as many subscribers as possible. At month's end, it will start distributing 100,000 copies to another group of potential purchasers. Then it will follow up with a big promotion campaign, including salesmen decked out in green blazers adorned with the paper...
...when the press is surfeited with armchair experts, the column's striking success can be traced to its emphasis on reporting rather than punditry. "Fresh fact is our thrust," says Evans. And often enough, the two men have uncovered facts that no one else put in print. They were the first to disclose that a member of California's John Birch Society had joined the prestigious "President's Club" and that he and his family had contributed $12,000 to the Democratic Party. After the column appeared, Democratic leaders in California forced the national committee to return...
...captain, scored the season's first goal, at 1:09 of the first period. He rammed home a rebound off a shot by Smith, who had three assists on top of his hat trick. Parrot and McCullough were also credited with three assists, making the debut a statistical success...