Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opinion). No matter that Americans are usually anxious to see the best in a new President.* Carter's obvious diligence, his eagerness to tackle every problem simultaneously, his popular support-the evidence all seemed to add up to an early box office success...
...feces. He did not, however, go quite so far as to refuse the Order of Leopold in 1903, or the barony that the next King of Belgium offered him in 1929. At root, he hated authority because it would not let him in, and loved it when it did. Success assuaged him but slackened the mainspring of his art. After the turn of the century, with a few exceptions, James Ensor painted nothing of consequence for 50 years. His self-pity was increasingly soothed, and that is perhaps why his art did not develop - and why he so eagerly grabbed...
...economy's apparent recovery from its traumas of the early '70s is an important factor in the Fund's recent success. But unprecedentedly beneficent reunion class donations are also giving the Fund a health boost...
Defense was the key to Harvard's success in the second half. Coach Carole Kleinfelder used a "box and one" zone defense, playing Bin Martineau as the "chaser," the defensive player who follows the ball...
...lucky man, because I survived my success," he said. "It's a tough thing to handle when you go from obscurity and then all of a sudden everyone's listening to your music. Some folks just can't handle...