Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...First Team All-greater Boston League pitcher Chris Marchok, and Second Team All-EIBL infielder Mike Pakalnis to provide enough punch to regain the league title which last belonged to the Crimson in 1984. An experienced infield, plenty of power hitting, and consistent pitching should provide the key for success for this year's squad...
...generation later the Japanese are discovering that the challenges of success can be just as tricky as the hardships of defeat. Now that the bionic yen has driven up the price of Japan's products in foreign markets and angry trade partners are threatening to obstruct those exports, the Japanese are trying to change once again. Government officials are looking to make the Japanese more voracious consumers, thus loosening dependence on exports and boosting demand for imports. Sacrifice is out, self-indulgence is in. The Japanese are being encouraged to work less, play more, save less, spend more and, while...
...software for the new computers will be built around Microsoft's Windows, a mouse-driven control system similar to the easy-to-use operating system that has brought such success to the Apple Macintosh. Though the basic PS/2 is already being shipped and the higher-priced models will go on sale later this year, the new software will not be available before next year, a delay that gives breathing space to Apple, IBM's biggest competitor. Apple's computers already offer many of the features, including an advanced graphics capability, that will not be available on the PS/2 until...
...makes the rest of the film problematic. On one hand, it grants the picture a distinction it would not otherwise enjoy. On the other hand, it is a continual reminder of just how routine the rest of the movie is. In effect, his performance, together with Seidelman's former success, creates an expectation of sustained comic brilliance that this genre piece cannot finally deliver. Still, Malkovich is something to see. And the engaging Ulysses is a character who may prove difficult to forget...
...Republican defectors. Even so, he rejected the option posed by Chief of Staff Howard Baker that he quietly accept defeat rather than risk losing more political capital on a hopeless cause. The President also dismissed Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole's warning that his chances of success could be as low as 1 in 100. Instead, with the firm declaration "I want to do it," Reagan traveled the extra mile down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol to plead personally with Senate Republicans for the single vote he needed to sustain his veto...