Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...goalmouth hesitation could be the difference between a winning season and a lonely year, observers say, noting that the fundamentals for success are all in place...
...Dodge Omni, for driving 15-ft. rock bolts into the stone ceiling to keep it from falling in on them before blasting, Burns and Aberle expect to bring home at least $25,000 apiece this year. Team partners are chosen with extreme care, because sheer ambition is essential to success, plus the kind of skill that grows from aptitude and experience. "There's quite a few guys working their butts off and not making any money," says Burns. The alternative to working on a contract team is to hire out at a flat $7.50 an hour in support jobs...
...Catholic bishop's residence in Des Moines, two-member teams of parishioners, fortified by hot tea and sandwiches served by nuns, prayed day and night that Pope John Paul II's visit to the U.S. next week will be a success. In Washington's National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, aspirants auditioned one by one for coveted roles: to be lay readers at the Mass that will be celebrated by the Pontiff on the Washington Mall...
Still, though confusion seems to prevail among local fund-raisers, development officials have plenty of time to iron out problems before the drive officially begins in the Rochester area. Those officials are confident about both the Campaign's overall chances for success--despite gloomy economic forecasts--and its potential to attract contributions from alumni in every area of the country...
...Boston, however, the militancy of the late William Henry Cardinal O'Connell and the rising affluence of the Irish Catholic middle class between the world wars ensured that the Catholic presence was here to stay. The Cardinal, among others, even began to worry that success would do to the faithful Catholics what it had done to the third generation of Puritans: lead to diminished zeal and cultural identity...