Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems incredible that in such a short time she could have learned enough to win the one-meter diving event against Dartmouth. She credits much of her success to her gymnastics background which she said helped her "body control, leg and toe position, and body extension...
...starvation in the process. That is part of what this fund-raising for the BSO is about, too. Ten per cent of the aimed-for $115,000 goal will go toward the pension fund for the players, most of whom are grossly overworked and similarly underpaid. With some success, the orchestra players may be able to afford to give their children music lessons some...
...Seven Sisters responded differently to that pressure: Vassar admitted men outright; Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley settled for sedate exchange programs with neighboring men's colleges; and Radcliffe and Barnard merged with their parent (male) universities. In I'm Radcliffe, Fly Me!, Livia Baker examines the success of each of the routes, and the direct effect the changes brought on the position of women in these colleges...
...geared to anyone outside the small circle of people who are concerned with the Seven Sisters Conference--administrators, faculty, and students at these small, unique schools. Baker cannot answer the questions she poses. In her conclusion, she turns to a brief discussion of President Horner's "fear of success" thesis about women's motivation, suggesting that the people who make up the Seven Sisters community may be too socialized into deference to take the steps necessary to keep their institutions from becoming complete anachronisms. It is not an earth-shaking problem, or an earth-shaking examination of the issues...
...rare occasion indeed when a rock columnist can bury the hatchet-pen, and unequivocally sing the praises of a rising group with the potential for world-beating success. I sing today specifically of the Ramones, a neat, clean-cut group of young men--none could be more than 19--who hail from Forest Hills, New York. Forest Hills has spawned a great number of talented rock performers in its day--among them Sam the Sham and two of his Pharoahs, and two of the Four Seasons--but few of those people could boast the unique combination of sex appeal (good...