Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Columbia wasn't picked to do much this year. So when the Lions nipped Princeton last week, many felt that they had already exceeded their quota of success for the season. The Lions have a good defense but have struggled when they have been forced to move the ball on their...
...weekend was initiated five years ago largely because of the success of similar outings at other Ivy colleges. Von Stade originally opposed the Parents Weekend because, he said yesterday, he felt that it had been scheduled too close to the beginning of classes. But von Stade said that his original fears were proven groundless. He estimated that 1300 people would participate in today's activities...
...Nobody ever gave me nothin'," Breslin says. "Everything I got I grabbed with my own fuckin' hands." And he is proud of his do-it-the-hard-way success...
...possibilities for satire were obviously limitless. After the song came out (and became one of the largest-selling country records in history), Haggard was bombarded by requests for rights to the music: rock singers wanted to change the lyrics and strike back. A sure success formula, but Haggard refused to sell, and someone had to write a new tune for "Hippie from Olema" ("we don't throw our beer cans out the window," love, peace, etc.). Arlo Guthrie used to kick off his concerts with "Okie" itself, verbatim...
...product), he himself determinedly shuns the life-style of many Nashville stars, who say "I'm just a country boy" and spend their vacations in Las Vegas. His friends are the friends he had before he went to prison; he goes fishing and drives beat-up cars. He cultivates "success won't change...