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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Good!" the student exclaimed as he thrust his blue book into the anonymous pile on the table and bounded away before anyone could identify him. Truly a case of success snatched from the jaw of failure...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Crazy Bob's Tour of Harvard, (Or What's Under All That Ivy, Sir?) | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...probably asking yourself, "Why in hell would anyone be so stupid as to turn in the same paper three years in a row?" The point is not so much that it was the same paper, it is that the paper was successful, and that is what really counts here after all. For Harvard's one, mainline, true-to-life tradition is success. That is what a great number of your predecessors at this august institution worship as their common bond. The traditions of elitism, and the closeness Harvard has with the power structures of business and government cannot be truly...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Crazy Bob's Tour of Harvard, (Or What's Under All That Ivy, Sir?) | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...central banks to do the same. The Federal Reserve moved into the currency markets late last week, but the government banks of West Germany, Switzerland and Japan scarcely acted at all. Their position is that they have spent billions in the past to support the dollar, with only momentary success. But they might be persuaded to resume support if the dollar buying were combined with other actions, and the U.S. showed greater willingness to intervene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Greenbacks Under the Gun | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...movie is being shot in Georgia and California without any animated effects. Beyond the clever scenes and imaginative facial sculpting, its success depends on a proud and well-paid crew of 20 invisible performers who are the real actors. The Muppeteers must crouch uncomfortably below the set's surface with their Muppet-covered arms stretched painfully skyward, as they stare into reverse-image video monitors to see what their arms and fingers are doing. "Think of dancing, which is a physical extension of internal feelings," explains Muppeteer Jerry Nelson, 44. "In a smaller way, pushing creative energy through your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Muppets Make the Big Move | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...exchange along with soybeans and pork bellies. With good reason. The booming paperback business can become as risky, and profitable, an arena as the stock market and the gambling casino. Fortunes have changed hands at paperback auctions and reprint sales; unknowns have become overnight celebrities because of a paperback success. Authors like John Jakes (The Bastard), institutions like the Agatha Christie estate, romancers like Rosemary Rogers and Victoria Holt owe their millions to the modest little 7-in. by 4-in. volumes that decorate racks at drugstores, airports, supermarkets and book emporiums. No wonder that Mario Puzo's latest effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paperback Godfather | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

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