Word: successful
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SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION, by Ken Kesey. The author's first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, took place in an insane asylum and proposed the paradox that the only thing more intolerable to lesser men than the success of a good man is his defeat. This second novel, which repeats the theme in a larger setting and at longer length, is less effective for the added dimensions, yet is exuberant and brawling as the Pacific Northwest lumbering country it describes...
...Leaders. In the lulls between the riots, Bayard Rustin, the Negro who organized last year's Washington civil rights march, roamed through the streets, urging residents to remain at home, but he had little success. An N.A.A.C.P. official issued a pleading leaflet: "Cool it, baby, the message has been delivered!" But to the rioters, anyone who urged restraint was only an "Uncle...
Miss Amatniek said that Miles had received numerous threatening telephone calls because he had whites living in his house. She theorized, however, that the attack was directly prompted by the success of the COFO voter registration drive in Panola County. The number of registered Negroes has jumped from 30 to 400 since the COFO campaign began...
Hedged Bets. In spite of his spectacular spending and steady success in the oilfields, Mecom is conservative enough to hedge his bets with other investments. He bought half of the new San Francisco Hilton for $14.5 million, has spent another $10.4 million on the Warwick Hotel in Houston, owns the 425-room Gran Hotel Bolivar in Lima, Peru. He also controls a New Jersey company that turns out the fast-selling Boonton plastic tableware. Another holding: Houston's Reed Roller Bit Co., which Mecom hopes eventually to make into an oil-equipment supply company rivaling the Hughes Tool...
...Maybe When I'm 40." In the end Bloom outsmarted himself. His success drew other hopefuls into a crowded market and aroused older appliance makers to cut costs and retail prices. Bloom proved as poor at finance as he was spectacular at promotion. Receipts from Rolls's "never-never"-as Britons call installment plans-were passed on to Merchant Sir Isaac Wolfson, who had bankrolled Bloom with a $28 million loan. Spotting trouble, Sir Isaac withdrew his support and sped the downfall...