Word: successful
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Wherever Carrabino goes after graduation, whether into a promising business career or to Europe to pursue basketball, he's sure to be a success...
What makes her success even more remarkable is that it has come in a sport that is notorious for taking its toll on competitors. The grueling nature of distance running often leads to injuries and burnout--not three-year champs...
Possibly the most important indicator of his success is that no one has ever fallen asleep in one of his lectures, Fleming says, or at least, he adds, he hasn't noticed the dozing students. But he does try to observe the expressions of students during lectures to see how material is being received. "Every instructor has people chosen intuitively throughout the lecture hall to read their faces...
When pressed to reveal the secret to his success, Fleming admits it is his "tightly organized" lectures and enthusiasm while teaching that draw the crowds. Nonetheless, he refuses to take all the credit and modestly suggests that it is the subject matter--intellectual history--that brings the hordes of students...
Part of her success is due to the personal interest she takes in her teaching. Vosgerchian says she "tosses and turns" the night before every lecture because of her "intense desire to share" and the simultaneous fear that she might not convey her message to the students, she says...