Word: successful
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...very pleased with the plans for theinstitute and [Armstrong] has certainly had a hugepart in that success," she says...
...This research is interesting," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "but it needs some refinement." Stress is something that's hard to measure. It may be stressful to be at the bottom, but it can also be stressful at the top -- the pressure to maintain one's success, for example. "Does that mean that there is such a thing as good stress and bad stress?" she asks. The social-class research also needs to branch out and investigate if other factors are at work. For example, says Gorman, there is a tendency for children to stay in the same general...
...diplomatic phalanx went into furious motion last week as Washington stewed over martial means and ends. Colin Powell, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff whose Gulf War success carries great weight, spoke up on Kosovo after weeks of silence. A foreign policy imbroglio that requires military force needs clear, precise goals if that force is to be used wisely, advised the retired Army general. "You have to have pretty solid political objectives, and then apply decisive force to them," he said. "Nothing in the Powell doctrine says no casualties." He pointedly noted that the Gulf War planners...
...Jeff has a good car and a good crew, which is a big part of his success," Evernham says. "But he also has something extra, like Michael Jordan and Mickey Mantle had. He has a different sense of time than you and I. He can slow the race down in his mind, see things coming around and react before the next guy." The key in a race, Gordon says, isn't to drop the hammer "but to tell yourself to be calm, be calm, be calm. And just have a lot of patience to let the race unfold...
...hear some private mutterings from other drivers about Gordon's success and about how all the money translates into a better car, a bigger advantage and ever more exposure. "But when Jeff goes on the Letterman show, he takes all of us with him," Petty says. "His success has been great for NASCAR and every...