Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often engrossing, his dialogue always sharp, his Sutherland wonderfully memorable. Holleran takes us into a world most of us will never see, and makes it real--an old-fashioned praise, but still a valid one. Now he faces that most difficult of enterprises for an American novelist--surviving his success...
...government controls." But moralizing won't stop inflation, so Carter will probably try to summon up the preacher's other techniques of salvation--gentle persuasion and cajolery--talents the President did not use to great effect in the last session of Congress. Before his plan has a chance of success, he will have to convince Congress to accept his "lean and austere" budget, Labor to hold down its wage demands, and Big Business to limit its price hikes. Along with miscellaneous other programs, these are the steps that Carter sees as necessary to curb rising prices...
With the approach of tournaments and stiff Ivy League competition, the men's swim team, undoubtedly the leader this season, looms large as Harvard's biggest hope for national success. The powerful squash teams also have a shot at fine finishes, and the women fencers appear headed for at least a winning season...
...ranked Becky Tung has sat out the last two matches with a sore knee; and the Harvard success despite her absence makes the wins especially impressive...
...SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. He became its second managing editor four years later. Outwardly brusque but actually shy, Laguerre was a connoisseur of cigars, race horses, the St. Louis Cardinals and journalistic prose that met his own exacting, cant-free standards. He turned the struggling SPORTS ILLUSTRATED into a solid financial success by restyling its format, pioneering the use of extensive news color photography and developing a staff of diverse, talented writers. After serving longer than any other managing editor of a Time Inc. publication, Laguerre left SPORTS ILLUSTRATED in 1974; a year later he helped found Classic, the Magazine about Horses...