Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mixed Success...
...Dukakis straightarrow image has been selling well. He has shown great success in fund raising, which helped him enter the first tier of candiates, Goldman said...
...life: Dad goes out to buy a new car, or a daughter tries to explain her bad grades. Such plots, of course, are simply a throwback to slice-of-family-life shows of the '50s and '60s like Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver, and Cosby's success may partly reflect nostalgia for those simpler old times...
...were going for subtler humor." NBC decided to take a chance on it, with no expectations of a blockbuster hit. But the show's debut episode hit the Nielsen top ten, and by midseason had taken firm hold of the No. 1 spot. The Cosby Show's huge success boosted NBC's entire Thursday-night schedule, helped lift the network from last place to first in the ratings and has given nightmares to opposing-network executives ever since...
...Pope cannot hope to win Americans to his side one by one in person. It is the strength of his moral vision, clear cut and demanding, that he leaves for American Catholics to weigh. In their own consciences, in their own hearts and prayers, John Paul's success will have to be measured...