Word: successful
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...Virginia state capitol became the model of federal official architecture -- the first pure temple-form public building of the neoclassical movement in the U.S. and Europe, predating French equivalents like the Madeleine in Paris by two decades. In a way, its radicality has been veiled by its success. Before long, America would be full of town halls, capitols and churches that looked like Roman temples, just as its map would be dotted with names from Greco-Roman antiquity: Ithaca, Rome, Athens, Sparta, Troy. But the Virginia state capitol was quite new and at the same time old; the strength...
...barrage of music videos -- short films set to rock songs and produced by record companies to promote their performers. These imaginative, visually arresting clips soon caught on; rock music was suddenly something to look at, not just listen to. Such performers as Duran Duran and Cyndi Lauper rode to success on them; top Hollywood directors, including John Landis and Brian De Palma, tried their hand at making them. The glitzy, fast-paced "MTV style" seeped into everything from movies to television commercials. MTV, in short...
Whatever the true extent of the erosion, it was probably inevitable. MTV's success spawned a host of imitators, such as NBC's Friday Night Videos and WTBS's Night Tracks, which diluted the audience. A more serious problem, in the view of many, has been the declining quality of the videos, which record companies supply to MTV at no charge. "MTV has no control over their main source of programming, and that's the video clips," notes Video Producer Ken Walz. "They're trapped by what they get for free...
Exposure on MTV can still have substantial impact. The success of such currently hot groups as Bon Jovi and Poison is largely traceable to the saturation airplay given their videos on MTV. One popular band, Journey, last year opted not to produce a video to go with its new album. But when sales lagged, the group released one belatedly, and business promptly picked up. "There's no doubt that its impact has leveled off," says Gil Friesen, president of A&M Records. "But if MTV weren't to survive, someone else would come along and reinvent...
...Young-sam, leader of the Reunification Democratic Party, called Friday's protest a success because student activists who lead the way were joined by many middle-class citizens...