Word: successful
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...design ideal for the Yard must recognize and respect two critical and compatible principles. First, it is the nature of the environment, rather than any single item within it, which is of enduring value and which should be preserved. Second, the success with which any built environment serves its users is a major criterion of its worth. As times and needs change, so must buildings--either by adaptation (the renovations of Harvard Hall and Emerson Hall), or by creation (new construction...
Meantime, from Aspen, Colo., where he is at work on "another theological thriller," The Exorcist's author, William Peter Blatty, grumbled: "I'm sick of hearing that the movie is a success because of a rediscovery of the occult. A thousand or more books have been written on the occult in the last ten years-they've each sold about ten copies." Blatty acknowledges that The Exorcist was plagued by a "series of disasters": halfway through the filming, fire destroyed the set, and the man who was playing the director died. But he notes: "There has been...
Sanders' squad of scholar-athletes began spring semester by registering a 74-63 win over Cornell Saturday night, which, coupled with their 58-51 success at Columbia the night before, brightened Crimson prospects for a shot at the Ivy League basketball title...
...KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG, Roberta Flack. Number one for five weeks in February and March--longer than any other record in '73. Fine vocal, with haunting echoes. Much more melodious than Flack's other big success, "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face...
...TROUBLE MAN, Marvin Gaye. Seven in February. From Gaye's excellent score for movie of the same name. Troubled atmosphere comes across. Gaye has regressed since his "Trouble Man" success, putting out the trashy single and album "Let's Get It On": "Ain't gonna push, push you baby, so come on, come on, come on, come on, come on darlin', stop beatin' 'round the bush...