Word: successful
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Despite the incipient group's obvious desire for success, Axelrod says that his main goal is to communicate to listeners, not make the Top 40. "People think you have to degrade your intellectual standards to appeal to the average man on the street," he says, describing his belief that this attitude is responsible for the creation of "music that just becomes a form of mental masturbation...
This tremendous success was not simply a "symbolic" victory. The business section of The New York Times reported September 8 that corporations with holdings in South Africa are reassessing these investments because they are losing business at home due to divestment activities. The Times reported that 18 corporations had pulled out of South Africa for this reason between January and September of this year. This is a concrete effect of the divestment movement, which weakens the economic system supporting apartheid and hastens its downfall...
...this year, with a new coach--Wayne Lem--and Forman at the helm, the spikers have built a foundation for future success...
Vogel, whose address was the first in a series of lectures, spoke on the reasons for Japan's past economic success, the nation's prospects for the future, and the causes of Japanese dominance of American business...
Japan's past economic success stems, in large part, from its business philosophy, Vogel said. While American companies tend to react drastically to economic crises, Japanese businesses are more likely to "tighten their belts and ride out" economic problems, he explained...