Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even with the doubles sweep, Fish was reluctant to call the tournament a success. "We were a little over-confident and our poor attitude hurt us," Fish said...
...fair was a smashing success, or at least it seemed that way to me, as many natives who had arrived with their wares in covered wagons later left saying they were "near to being tarred an feathered"--which I took to mean they could repave their driveways. Sheesh, I thought, if getting your driveway redone is all in a day's work it might pay for everyone to head back to the land...
Thurs: Lumiere Brothers First Program and Nanook of the North: 5. Fri and Sat: Success is the Best Revenge: 7,9. Mon: The Freshman: 5,8. Tue: The Mortal Storm...
...threatens the most fundamental freedoms of our more or less open society. With all its shadowy accusations and logical pratfalls, the Administration must not be allowed to dupe the public into fearing Commies when it should fear abridgements of the rights of speech and knowledge. We wish Harvard every success in its ongoing fight against the Pentagon's new McCarthyism and support its right to publish whatever scientific and social truths it finds and to bring here whichever scholars it chooses...
...triumph of U.S. antisatellite (ASAT) technology? Yes, indeed, claimed Pentagon planners, who needed a success on a program that has been plagued by troubles. Not at all, argued the test's critics, who contended that the demonstration was timed for its possible impact on the Soviets rather than for any technical value. Conceded one Air Force officer: "Read the test as a message to Gorbachev...