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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kudos for this surprising success abound. Michele Fitzsimmons is clearly an effective director. The show, with few exceptions, flows smoothly from scene to scene, and many jokes which could have gone unnoticed were accentuated by actors' use of voice inflection or body language. Also expert are the choreographers: Diane Mullen, Ellen Fern, and Dana Smetherman. They've turned an unusually small stage into an adequate forum for elaborate song and dance...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Grease is the Word | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

...success and talent, Spielberg's weaknesses are prominently displayed in this foray beyond the safe climes of thrill-a-minute B-movie homages and suburban kiddie flicks. He is a craftsman, not an auteur, and one hopes his artistic imperialism will not cause him to stomp all over Anglo-Saxon culture's other golems...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: An Elementary Holmes | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Maurice Williams, executive director of the World Food Council, called attention to India's success in becoming almost self-sufficient in terms of food supply. He later added that hunger remains a critical problem in Africa...

Author: By Evan M. Supcoff, | Title: At Student-Hosted Round-Table, Experts Seek Solutions to Hunger | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Bourbeau had replaced Taylor at the point, and with MacDonald disqualified at Colgate because of a spearing penalty, Cleary inserted Barakett and found success...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Fusco Steals Limelight As Killer B's Keep Buzzing | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...beard of at least 12 inches (descriptions vary), this man had attempted to end the beard at home, with a TRAC II, but was foiled by the slim extension of the blades. In desperation, Nagle says, he came to the Research Room. Again, the TRAC II was tried without success. After consultations, an old-style double-edged Blue Blade razor was brought in for the heavy work. The Blue Blade managed, in Nagle's words "to get through the thick of it" but a more advanced TRAC II was still required to polish off a few particularly stubborn tufts. Three...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: Where the World Learns to Shave | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

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