Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instrumental in the success of the gulf strike were the efforts of Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Contending that it is far better to prevent minelaying than to hunt for explosives after they are planted, Crowe overrode interservice rivalries and dispatched a specially equipped and trained Army unit to join the gulf fleet. Three weeks ago he visited Rear Admiral Harold Bernsen, commander of the Middle East Force on the command ship U.S.S. La Salle off Bahrain. The two officers worked on the plans to track and catch Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Crowe...
...raising ride. Many of the forces driving Gap stock down affected other retailers as well: sluggish August sales, sharper competition and growing ambivalence among shoppers. But such factors were not enough to account for the rout of Gap stock. Some problems were uniquely its own -- just as its startling success had been over the previous four years...
FILMS GLORIFYING the criminal element seem to be quite the rage today. The great success of The Godfather, Prizzi's Honor and now Family Business attest to the popularity of these people we wouldn't want as neighbors. An affair with a woman and plagiarized speeches may be enough to bring down presidential candidates but murder, burglary and treachery only increase our enjoyment of a film...
When Daddy returns from jail, he immediately begins working on projects with his friend Faucon. It is these projects and the family's increasing success which make up the film's plot. And burglary really becomes the family business when the son joins the team of father and Faucon...
...done extremely well in one of the most difficult jobs at Harvard. It is true that the landlord is seldom loved. Running a real estate operation is never easy, especially in a university environment. There are many seemingly irreconcilable interests. Mrs. Zeckhauser has a high rate of success in reconciling these interests and at the same time putting Harvard's real estate house in order and improving the housing stock in Cambridge. As someone who has worked closely with her for a number of years, I know that the indictment of her is uninformed, lacks credibility, and ignores her many...