Word: successful
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Varda's film is not as harmless as her lyrics. It is upsetting because it can and is being taken seriously. Those who have eagerly awaited a so-called "feminist film" are jumping on Varda's bandwagon, pushing her on to popular success. When Varda's silly women start being called "symbols" they aren't so funny any more...
...continuity of Mass PIRG's efforts during the year and over the years explains much of its success. Unlike many, if not most, activist student groups, Mass PIRG does not wax and wane according to the time of the year. It has staying power because the student members of PIRG hire (and fire if necessary) professionals--lawyers, economists, MBAs, and public health experts who carry through projects when students are occupied with exams, papers and vacations. When students move out of the state at the conclusion of their undergraduate studies, the staff is there to see that other students carry...
Despite their hopes for Sadat's success, the Saudis bluntly turned down an Egyptian plea to bless his proposed Cairo summit publicly. One reason: despite some earlier evidence to the contrary, Saudi officials insist that they were not consulted beforehand about Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. After all, a Jeddah businessman observed, "before going into a major venture you should always consult your banker." Sadat kept quiet and simply gambled that his credit would still be good...
...work force. In almost any other country, that would be considered low -but Japanese workers have been accustomed to guaranteed lifetime employment in the companies they joined fresh out of high school. Fukuda has announced two programs of higher spending to push up the economy, with little success so far. Yet the value of the yen, buoyed by the bloated trade surplus, has climbed 20.5% against the U.S. dollar this year and is expected to cut the competitive price advantage of Japanese goods in world markets. That would make the revival of the domestic economy even more urgent. Fukuda...
McLaughlin attributes much of his success as a coach to the inroads he made early in his life in the New York basketball scene. "I've been very lucky through my life meeting people, and it's really come back to help me," he says...