Word: successful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Success has not brought Hawkins all the peace and quiet he might have expected. For one thing, several R. & B. stations have refused to play Oh Happy Day on their soul shows because they regard gospel as too sacred for dancing. For another, the success of Oh Happy Day has spawned a rash of imitators. The biggest shock of all, however, is that two of Hawkins' soloists have quit and gone out on their own. One of them, Betty Watson, has even organized her own group, taken the old name of Hawkins' chorus, and agreed to appear...
...Yorker, Fleischmann joined him. The idea was for a magazine written by friends for friends and, in its first years, that was about the size of it. As the losses piled up, Fleischmann poured his entire fortune into the venture, at one point gave up virtually all hope of success. Finally, in 1928, The New Yorker turned the corner, and Fleischmann's 55,309 shares of stock are today worth an estimated...
...self-consciously for figures to interview (Mark Rudd, Dean Deane, the station manager of WABC) and events to experience and record (a Red Sox game, a McCarthy rally). This processor for filling out the book does not work out nearly so badly as one would expect, though. The instant success that followed Kunen's first appearance in New York magazine did not spoil his cruelly observant eye. Nor does frequent borrowing from Mailer and Salinger corrupt a clean and engaging style...
...although the Elis captured third place in the team standings behind Harvard and Amherst, their success at the New Englands produces little optimism for tomorrow...
Much of the credit for Yale's success goes to sophomore hurler Jim McNerney. Against Princeton last weekend he pitched a seven-hitter to boost his league record...