Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon house, the 300-unit condominium development called "Presidential Heights" continues to advertise that "nearly every hillhouse home has a view of the Western White House." Real Estate Broker Charles Day said last week that the ad may be changed, but not the name. "It's been very successful," he insisted. "It has the connotation of quality and success...
...Dismal crop forecasts last week made plain that food-price inflation is gathering speed again. A union plan to shut down the nation's coal mines this week underlined boiling labor unrest. The stock market, reflecting investor skepticism that anything much would change, plunged to new lows. The success or failure of Ford's presidency will be judged largely by whether in the months ahead he can produce a different kind of economic news...
Being one of the best pitchers in baseball is not bad for a man whose age is ofiicially listed as 33 but could be 36, 37 or whatever. His success is even more remarkable for a pitcher who was floundering in the minor leagues only three years ago. Excess weight and a cracked shoulder blade had apparently ended Tiant's career after several solid years in the majors, including one 21 -victory season with the Cleveland Indians...
...quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected...
...hostile world if it is to work at all. For that to happen the acting must be especially sympathetic and the play's principals must have a thorough grasp on the deep conflicts that come to the fore. That the Loeb's production is not a total success is only to be expected given the difficulty of the material. Nonetheless, the end product remains disappointing...