Word: successful
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...reciprocal action by the Egyptians, Israel will become increasingly fearful about the Geneva conference, where it must look solely to the U.S. for support. To plead Israel's case, Dayan flew to Washington last week. Is rael is very conscious of its diplomatic isolation, of the success with which the Arabs so far have wielded oil as a political weapon, and of the full backing the U.S.S.R. gives the Arabs. Moreover, Israel realizes it is further weakened by its domestic political disunity...
...fund this revolution in mental care never sufficiently materialized. After ten years, only 392 community centers are in operation. Economy-minded Governors, willing to save money by closing hospitals, have been less willing to divert the money into clinics. Moreover, while small states like Hawaii can boast of success in treating seriously ill outpatients, clinics in larger states like California and New York are often faced with .more people and more problems than they can handle...
This is a precise adaptation of Pinter's play-the director and much of the cast are intact from the original 1965 London production-and it makes a fine, ferocious film. One reason for its success is that no one writes this well originally for films, not even Harold Pinter. His other screenplays are cool, exemplary, probably the best scenario writing now being done in English, as a recently published collection (Grove; $10) readily attests. The screenplays are all adaptations, though. They have the eerie accents of Pinter, share a great many of his obsessional themes, but the plots...
...project seemed to be a success for everyone involved. Myrtle Shattuck spoke for most jurors: "It is easier to concentrate on TV than if we had the people here." The attorneys found several advantages. More precise opening statements were possible, said Lawyer Thomas J. Murray Jr., because "I knew exactly what my witnesses were going to say." Assistant Attorney General Robert Oglesby said that he was more relaxed when questioning a witness in front of a camera instead of a jury. The witnesses were more at ease too. All the cases decided involved appropriation of land for the widening...
...after the historic encounter. Indeed, if Pioneer's tiny nu clear power packs and instruments keep functioning, the spacecraft's signals may well be received on earth until it reaches the orbit of the planet Uranus about 14 years from now. What is more, Pioneer's success clears the way for a twin, Pioneer 11, already en route to Jupiter and then possibly to Saturn...