Word: successful
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Harvard's insurance brokers are now compiling safety checklists for five buildings representative of the types of buildings FAS operates--classroom, lab and studio, office, museum and library facilities, Thomas said. Depending on the success of the FAS pilot program, Thomas said, a similar inspection program may be adopted for all Harvard buildings, which number more than...
...predominant ethic dictates that the acquisition of "more"--more money, more material goods, more power than others have--is the only acceptable goal of life. The now-famous saying, "The one who dies with the most possessions, wins," reflects the concept that tangible wealth is the standard on which success should be measured...
Because of the success of a former FacilitiesMaintenance employee, Charlottee Walters, who won$75,000 from Harvard in part for its failure toaddress her grievances, Principato has contactedthe lawyer who handled that case...
Wolfe, in his new novel, tells the story of a different type of salesman, Sherman McCoy, a Yale-educated bond trader. Wolfe's incarnation still resonates with the uniquely American dilemmas of social adjustment. McCoy too wants to be well-liked, although he defines success more in terms of the quantity of party invitations he receives than the number of smiles from a housewife...
...preposterously, McCoy's upscale life is still directed at the rather modest goal of meeting outrageous mortgage payments for a penthouse. Likewise his success on the job ultimately is governed by nothing more than the fabled characteristics of Willy Loman. (He gets his shoeshine, while he smiles--and continues to trade bonds, thanks to the technology that Wall Street firms have devised to polish shoes while brokers make frantic trades on the phone...