Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Discussing his early career, Jones said connections he gained through his father, Robert Jones, who was a prominent actor, had not been the source of his success...
...athletes, however, there can be no objectivity. To achieve success they have committed themselves to the task. The observer from the stands can only just begin to experience the emotional involvement of the players. Blood, sweat and tears have been shed in honest effort and who is anyone to criticize. To athletes it seems only too easy for the reporter to sit at a typewriter and blast a given failure. There is more to a season than the won-loss column...
Other nations such a Mexico, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, have established nation-wide family planning projects, also with enthusiastic government support. The fact that these programs have had some success gives reason to hope that with enough money and courageous leadership, the Third World may be able to decrease significantly its birth rate...
...pointed to the Princeton men's basketball team as an example of the Ivy League's inability to be nationally competitive in basketball. "They have a fine program there," she said, "and each year they come close to national success, but they never quite get there...
Tonight at Reflections (547-9281) Pepe Sanchez plays Spanish folk and attempts audience sing-alongs with occasional success. Tuesday, bluegrass fans can catch the Bunker Mountain Fiddlers...