Word: successful
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...such daunting hurdles, in a few of the roughest districts a handful of schools have managed to become islands of excellence. They did so primarily by establishing high expectations and by getting across the conviction that their kids can and will meet those expectations. No less vital to their success, in almost every case, has been a bold, enduring principal -- if not a Joe Clark, then a different kind of strong personality with his or her own talents as manager and leader. The best of these leaders are able to maintain or restore order without abandoning the students...
...miracle has been pulled off in a mere year and a half, which, Hairston claims, is plenty of time "if you have an organizational structure, economy and support; if you know what you want to do and how to do it." Last week President Reagan saluted the school's success by paying a visit...
...doubt years of daily hoops and playground stratagems could produce "natural" stars in the whitest suburbs too. The aspirations of ghetto youngsters, though, are distorted by another potent myth -- one that ironically will be strengthened by the success of Cunningham, Moon and Williams -- that professional sports can be a way out of poverty for a significant number of young black men. Only one of every 1,000 high school football players ever makes it to the pros -- hardly good odds, as the Greek might put it. Those searching for a better life would be well advised to pour the energy...
...small farmers by what he considers a corporate plutocracy. Right- wing populism reflects cultural alienation, the sense that liberal elitists have forced their social views on a more traditional majority. Although Pat Robertson's campaign ads brag about his well-established roots ("descendant of two U.S. Presidents"), his success comes from tapping resentments that fed other conservative populist campaigns, including Reagan...
Still, friendships between women -- what Simone de Beauvoir called that "warm and frivolous intimacy" -- are too often the casualties of success these days. Eichenbaum, 35, and Orbach, 41, are concerned that "in the world of every-woman-for-herself, the old support systems can be tragically undermined." That sometimes happens when women win promotions and find themselves supervising women who were once close friends. "I tend not to have relationships with women I supervise," says Kathy Schrier, 40, a union administrator in Manhattan. "Some women can't make that break, though, and it hurts them as managers...