Word: successful
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...addition, the junior combo of Sophia Neely at guard and Patty Webb at center have been a major part of Dartmouth's success in past seasons. Neely has been averaging 16.8 points per game, with Webb just behind at 16.7 points per game. Webb also leads the team in rebounds, averaging 8.2 per game, and can run very well in the open court for a player at her position...
...Drexel's very success led to its comeuppance. As in a Greek tragedy, the company seemed to suffer from an overabundance of hubris that concealed a fatal flaw. In Drexel's case, it was Milken's growing appetite for power and control. The turning point came in November 1986 when Ivan Boesky, a notorious Wall Street speculator, pleaded guilty to a single count of securities fraud and agreed to pay $100 million to settle SEC charges that he had used insider information to buy and sell stock. Boesky, who is serving a three-year term in a minimum-security prison...
...title role. Is the innocent American fit for parentage? Or has the little French garcon acquired a more mature knowledge of human treachery and altruism? Debating the question, Europeans have driven Thomas' adventure to the top of their best-seller lists. It is likely to have a commensurate success in the U.S., where some people fondly remember Father Knows Best and the rest are aware that outsmarting adults is one of youth's most hallowed traditions...
...preserving this huge area was to allow local people to develop a tourist business. In five years the annual number of visitors has gone from 6,000 to 15,000, and could climb to more than 30,000 when a new road up from the plain is built. That success shows that forests can produce income without being destroyed...
...Behind the success are Japan's recycling technology and systematic garbage collection. The Machida plant can deal with almost any category of recyclable refuse: burnables, nonburnables, bottles, cans, durables such as furniture and refrigerators, and "harmfuls" like batteries. Depending on their category, the castoffs are filtered, burned, crushed or otherwise treated on their way to becoming reusable materials. Steel scrap is separated from other garbage by huge magnets. Much of the recycling is computer-controlled: only 45 people work in shifts to run the round-the-clock operation...