Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are no tokens of her success--trophies, cups, dishes or ribbons--in her dorm room. Nor in her room at home in Santa Barbara...
Despite her collegiate success Vigna does not entertain thoughts of becoming a professional...
...Secretary also toured the still unfinished chancery at the site of the new U.S. embassy and later told Western and Soviet correspondents, "We now find we have a honeycomb of listening devices" in the building's walls and structural columns. Investigators, however, have had only mixed success in locating bugs. They discovered reinforcing rods in five pillars that were apparently designed to serve as antennas. But after ripping into one wall with pneumatic drills in search of a suspicious object, workers found nothing more ominous than an empty beer can embedded in the concrete...
...always predictable, Hill Street Blues would have had a short life as one of the medium's more notable flops. Despite critical praise, the unorthodox police show settled near the bottom of the ratings after its January 1981 debut. But NBC renewed it anyway and then watched a remarkable success story take shape. First came a passel of Emmys (eight after its first season, a record-breaking number for one series; 26 all together), then a growing corps of dedicated viewers. People who claimed to watch little else on TV would tune in faithfully for the intricate and often explosive...
Children of the Arbat is a popular success even before its appearance. The manuscript has been read and commented upon by half a dozen newspapers and magazines. Druzhba Narodov long ago stopped selling subscriptions because its limited press run of 150,000 copies has already been sold out. Thousands of would-be readers are on waiting lists for library copies, and subscribers report that friends are begging to read their copies. The black-market price of the April issue of Druzhba Narodov, which sells for 1 ruble 10 kopecks ($1.65), is expected to soar to more than 50 rubles...