Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...department settled out of court with Rosales for a payment to him of $29,000, and Hampers has said she agreed to do so because the Attorney General's office had told her the department had little chance of success...
...rebound began almost five years ago, when stores specializing in classic and current comics started to sprout in shopping centers. Today there are about 4,000 such dealers, who account for 50% of U.S. comic-book sales. As always, success has inspired imitators. B. Dalton and Waldenbooks have begun carrying comics in most of their 1,753 bookstores. Supermarkets, which account for about 35% of magazine sales, still resist the trend, on the ground that comic books attract loitering youths. Nonetheless, the Waldbaum, Pathmark and Safeway chains have decided that Archie Comics are clean-cut enough to be displayed...
...symptoms of heart arrhythmia, and these days King tends to watch his solids and liquids and waistline. But he still pays very little attention to externals. Two lawn chairs on the driveway is about as much luxury as he likes to display to the neighbors. "I guard against success," he says, "because you start to expect things, preferential treatment at hotels or concerts. I don't want that. I'm not any better than anyone else...
...success. I've grown fat and rich by discovering the vast Bowl-a-Drome of the American psyche. But I still don't have the guts to buy a pair of lizard- skin boots, although I'd like some. It's just too much money to pay. Part of me would like to buy a really nice guitar too, but I know I don't really play well enough. I keep the price tag on my guitar to remind me. It cost...
...referred to her as "Chatterbox" and "Mother" -- but today she still thinks the struggle was worth it. Says Brundtland: It was tough, but "it gave me enormous strength to know that I was leading a fight on behalf of all women." Being a woman, however, does not automatically confer success. Indeed, the Labor government's popular-approval rating recently sank to 32%, fueling speculation that its days are numbered. Brundtland has been criticized for proposing new social spending at a time when low prices for Norway's government-owned North Sea oil have reduced export earnings from almost $2.1 billion...