Word: successful
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...German cousins, France's young Marxists have decided that they were "too ideological, intellectual and elitist" back in 1968. The French far left-ten main groups, with a total membership of no more than 30,000-is much smaller than the German movement. But it has achieved striking success in mining pockets of discontent that have been neglected by both the Gaullist regime and the establishment left. A variety of Marxist fronts-Trotskyites, Jean-Claude Navatte's Marxist-evangelist Christian Student Youth organization-helped transform hundreds of France's often-bored secondary-school students into a politically...
...British Royal Navy in World War II, then spent 15 years as a commercial pilot before setting up Caledonian with five partners in 1961. Early on, Thomson established two major operating principles: he wanted the airline to be distinctly Scottish in character, so that it could emulate the success of other airlines with a distinct national identity; and he wanted a mix of chartered and scheduled services. In 1962 Caledonian became the first British airline to win a regular transatlantic charter license from the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board and, together with U.S. supplemental airlines, played an important role in creating...
This analysis presupposes that continual fighting is in the interest of the National Liberation Front and the North Vietnamese, who, many people still believe, use terrorism to hold rural Vietnamese in thrall. The opposite is in fact the case. The NLF achieved success because it effectively translated the aspirations of Vietnamese peasants for land reform and national unity into a program of revolutionary armed struggle. But now the time for fighting is over, and the liberation forces, unlike the Thieu regime, will profit from peace...
...Success demanded a rapid buildup of affluent readers under 40 whom advertisers consider their most desirable audience. While circulation of the four monthlies ranged between 600,000 and 750,000, it lagged behind the guarantees used in selling ads. Advertising pages declined from 1,575 in 1971, to 1,408 last year...
...Horner theory (that women fear success in competitive job situations with men) does not relate to black women, according to Mitchell and many of the researchers at the workshops. "Work was always part of the socialization process. Now we are trying to determine at what level we'll be working. We want the best opportunity," she said...