Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...certainly as dedicated as their Activist opposition, argue quite sensibly that socialism means--for both groups--the widest possible extension of democracy into the social and economic sphere. Why, then, take a chance on sacrificing political democracy for extra-legal tactics that have no built-in certainty of success...
SALVADOR ALLENDE thought he could travel in Legalist road to justice. He banked that Chile's tradition of stable democracy and the historical neutrality of the armed forces would protect Popular Unity from extra-legal moves from the right. He adhered to strict legality, hoping that the success of the socialist programs would gradually add to his slender mandate until socialism was backed by a clear majority...
...BILLY JEAN KING is only a tennis player, not an ideologue. And she has done what professional tennis players are supposed to do--she's made a lot of money, an awful lot. And she's done more--she's used her success to set aright the once unequal pay scales of the sport. But, to push a point, that hardly speaks the voice of revolution. Which is only to say that the Riggs-King match had nothing to do with the issues that were read into it. Its only point, the only point that matters...
...Pont officials profess to be undisturbed by the success of their castoff, claiming they did well to dump an expensive failure. Of course, they might feel otherwise if the Corfam shoe were still on their foot...
...while the Crimson had success on the ground and showed promise in the air, the Harvard attack was stunted by mistakes, which killed three drivers when the Crimson had moved within 15 yards of the end zone...