Word: successful
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...American strength, by Reagan's lights. He does not know Government very well, nor does he fully understand what has happened to this society and the world during his long life. But his unshaken belief that individual initiative is still the main ingredient of each person's success has already changed American society in a remarkable fashion...
...bobbing placards at Moscone Center last week proclaimed sentiments ranging from TALKS NOT TROOPS to BEDTIME FOR RONZO. But one cause whose signs usually dot Democratic gatherings seemed conspicuously absent: labor. Union backing was critical to Walter Mondale's success. But except for a march near the hall before the convention opened, labor leaders lay low in an effort to help Mondale shed his damaging image as a captive bearer of the union label. Said Mary Hatwood Futrell, president of the 1.7 million-member National Education Association: "We did not want to give the appearance of domination...
...simpler terms, Americans make stadiums their churches because they trust that therein lies national virtue. Extolling baseball, Albert Spalding, the sporting-goods king, called the game "the exponent of American Courage, Confidence, Combativeness; American Dash, Discipline, Determination; American Energy, Eagerness, Enthusiasm; American Pluck, Persistency, Performance; American Spirit, Sagacity, Success; American Vim, Vigor, Vitality." Only real piety could inspire such alliteration...
...then the program has grown mostly by word of mouth. Some foundations and corporations contributed to its development, but the Boston-based enterprise is nearly self-supporting now, with 80,000 students at 750 educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad paying $24 million this year. Part of its success comes from its modest price: one week of courses, room and board costs under $200 in the continental...
...other key to Elderhostel's success is that it is stimulating without being too strenuous. Faculty members at host colleges and universities create their own curriculums, and academic difficulty varies accordingly. Required homework is taboo, but elders are often given the regular college syllabus for reading on their own. At Whittier College in California last month, Elderhostelers began their day at 8 a.m. with breakfast followed by a 9 o'clock class called American Politics on Film. A 10:30 class offered hands-on training with Apple computers. Afternoons, everyone hopped into the shallow end of the college...