Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diver based in Warwick. He got the sub, and the Aquatic too, from Designer-Builder George Kittredge, a retired Navy sub commander who produces the world's only line of cheap simple-to-operate baby subs in Warren, Me. Last summer Kittredge did the teaching himself. But the success of his subs took so much of his time that this year he turned the schooling over to Jacobson...
...preparation for Sept. 5, all three sides will be busy writing position papers and devising strategies. The Americans hope that the isolated conditions at Camp David will enhance the chances of success. Vance was pleased with the atmosphere at the Leeds Castle talks. There mediators mixed casually, dined together and strolled quietly around the grounds, while the press was kept at a distance. At Camp David the participants will be able to mix business and pleasure; there is swimming, bowling, tennis and skeet shooting...
...first day of the law, only 22 litter tickets were issued; yet to close observers of sidewalks and parks, there was a marked diminution in dog litter and lots of owners were carrying bags. This may only be temporary. A few cities, notably Chicago and Boston, have had some success with similar ordinances. Other cities have...
...that are far too hot for TV's Saturday Night Live. We watch the homoerotic rituals of a fraternity initiation and the orgiastic excesses of an all-night "toga" party. In one funny if discomforting scene, white students show up at a black nightspot and try, without notable success, to display some soul. Animal House ends with a where-are-they-now epilogue that demolishes the sentimental finale of American Graffiti, also...
Today National Lampoon, the brainchild of Douglas Kenney, Henry Beard and Robert Hoffman, is a show-biz empire of comedy. Not only has the magazine been a huge success (circ. 600,000), but it has also launched popular spinoffs: books, records (three Grammy Award nominations), stage revues, a radio show. Better still, the Lampoon has nurtured a new generation of comic talent. Many of the creators of NBC's Saturday Night Live, including Michael O'Donoghue, the Chief Writer, are Lampoon alumni. That show's Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time-Players Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner...