Word: successful
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...reach ZPG is a failure, not a success. Many countries are paying their women to have children. We here in the States take money out of our already depleted budget to finance birth control because we want the luxuries of life all to ourselves. What selfishness. Our Lord said to "be fruitful and multiply." What a way for a Christian country...
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the host, grandly declared it a "full success." Well, not exactly. But by the standards of Third World conferences the first summit meeting of Arab and black African leaders was something of a hit -and a notable triumph for Sadat. There was a lot of predictable rhetoric attacking Zionism, apartheid, colonialism and imperialism. There was also an unexpectedly large concession to the Africans from the Arab oil states: a pledge of $1.45 billion in development...
...expect any success from such a conference? Nevertheless, I wish a conference that would solve problems, including Palestinian rights, would take place. When I see the invitation and agenda, I will make a decision. I don't want to go simply for the sake of being present. If there is a conference to solve the problem sincerely, I will be happy to participate. What I am seriously worried about is a theatrical conference convened just to keep the area busy, which will achieve nothing. Isn't it tragic that people wonder if the Palestinians, the people who have...
Although the play's success hinged on Whitmore's forceful rendering of Roosevelt's intriguing personality, author Jerome Alden has tailored the script so as to maximize the assets of both actor and character. Essentially biography, the play weaves together the most important parts of Roosevelt's life, mixing reminiscence and flashback with action in the present and cleverly juxtaposing events to achieve the maximum dramatic effect...
Alden attempts to show the many struggles of T.R.'s life, illustrating the "bully" attitude that brought him success against the greatest adversities. This message, though hardly profound, becomes obscured by the sheer entertainment of the work. Rapid shifts from pathos to bathos allow the audience little opportunity to notice the underlying theme that unifies the play. Even a rather stirring finale fails to fully display the inner strength Roosevelt derived from his "bully" values, perhaps because those values seem somewhat outmoded and irrelevant today...