Word: successful
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...trailing jetliner detected what appeared to be a solid form in the black clouds-a great, ominous "hook" in the sky. Since the early 1920s, when mail pilots held up a wet finger to see which way the wind was blowing, U.S. aviation has been trying with increasing success to spot weather hazards and route pilots around them. Today's commercial airlines get a steady stream of up-to-the-minute weather reports, including data gleaned by satellites that scan the earth. Indeed, the combination of advanced meteorological techniques and the toughness of the modern jet airliner has largely...
SADAT'S JOURNEY IS A SUCCESS, trumpeted Cairo's al Ahram. A predictable reaction for a government-controlled paper, to be sure. But true enough, for the host as well as his guest...
Even if he does not get the hardware, Sadat will count the visit a success. "All in all," reported TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn from Cairo, "the trip is viewed from here as further evidence that Sadat's policy of moderation and seeking the closest of ties with the U.S. has been vindicated...
...biggest task that Radcliffe now faces is getting its boats coordinated. The women have been working together in their boats for only the past week. The togetherness that comes only with continued practice as a unified boat will be crucial to the Crimson's success...
...making a journey into the city to sample the fruits of the "market." At the same time that it hastens the deterioration of the North End as young professionals move in, renovate, and change the Italian working-class character of the community, Quincy Market infects itself with its own success. Its enchanting facade hides a precarious vitality for the real dynamism of a community. Quincy Market becomes the newest synthetic expression of a society lacking a real cultural fabric--the ultimate Disneyland of opulence and boutiquite...