Word: successful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attributed the success of the movement to the tremendous personality of its leader, Mahatma Ghandi. "I'm not a very religious man," he said, "but most of the religion I know came from my long walks with Ghandi...
...Blatt is not one to watch calmly from the sidelines. At every possible occasion, she seeks to tie Scott and Goldwater together, and she proclaims--with some success--"I am comfortable with the top of my ticket, but he is not." A 51-year-old attorney from Pittsburgh, Miss Blatt rose through the state Democratic ranks, until in 1954 she became the first woman elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania. She has been re-elected twice, and in 1962 she was the sole Democratic survivor of a GOP victoryalat put Scranton in Harrisburg. When she did not get state organization...
...variant on the Expulsion theme is seen in the fellow who, in his first two years at Harvard severs the umbilical ties wiwth his teenage civilization with ostensible success. But sometime in his junior or senior year he develops an insatiable craving for high school culture. Oddly, he is most often one who despised that way of life as a high school senior. But suddenly, having always hated rock 'n' roll, he finds himself singing surf songs in the shower, going to drive-in movies, to Saturday night "Y" dances, bowling, and travelling out with the boys...
...Hands of Esau: Entering freshmen share an agreed conception of Harvard life. They see themselves as beings with the possibilities of success or failure. The essence of this principle is that one must emerge from the crowd or else one is nothing. On this basis the necessity of action is established, but it is a rare freshman who possesses the inner confidence that he has, at the start, all the stuff needed to make...
They've had quite a bit of success so far. Yale ranks fifth in the country in total offense with 376 yards per game, and fourth in rushing offense. The Elis are a six-point favorite...