Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration suddenly concerned for the academic success of Black pledgees and so ready to criticize the length of time students spend pledging, with all the other time-consuming extracurriculars and clubs Harvard students are immersed...
Defense has been the Crimson's passport to success all year. When the offense decides to throw down towels, bring out a volleyball and have a beach party, the defense keeps right on working. During an extended offensive holiday against Vermont April 6, Harvard goalie Mike Bergmann had his hands--and his lacrosse stick--full...
...sale to Hollywood for a big-budget adaptation (Jack Nicholson! Meryl Streep!). Meanwhile -- the narrative gets even better -- Kennedy, now 60, found himself the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship ($264,000 over five years), diverse other honors, and that peculiar American status,the long, drawn-out, overnight success...
They will need it. Although a trailblazer when it was founded in 1972, Ms. (circ. 485,000) has never been a financial success. Advertisers have always been cool to the magazine, and "the editorial voice failed to move with the times," says Yates. In an effort "to reflect the pragmatism of women as they move into the 1990s," Yates and Summers embarked on an expensive make-over, increasing the magazine's size and introducing a less cluttered design...
...either sex to sing. The title should be strong, the lyrics euphonious. It should have "heart interest" and be "original in idea, words and music." Keep it simple. And absolutely no amateurs need apply: "The songwriter must look upon his work as a business, that is, to make a success of it, he must work and work and then WORK." Always...