Word: successful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...once, the Green has sported some success on the hill. Starter Jeff Dutremble is the reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Week, after tossing a two-hit shutout in last weekend's 5-0 win over Yale in the series opener. Dutremble is 4-2 on the year with a 4.24 ERA, but has issued 27 walks in 46.2 innings...
...have sought answer to questions that few Americans can even begin to understand, or others people ask but can't answer," he said. "Your success in illuminating the haws and whys of our world and raising the quality of human existence have helped make the time in which we live perhaps the most excitation in human history...
...been interesting over the years. First grade: People attribute my success with the alphabet to "lots of practice." Second grade: My teacher expresses concern. People wonder if I get less time on tests because I spend so long writing my name. I assure them that my academics have not suffered as a result of my surname. I do, however, learn that if I want my name to fit in the upper right hand corner of a piece of notebook paper, I should start in the middle of the page, not four-fifths over to the right, where everyone else does...
...ticket sales are flat for the first time in three decades, and expansion was a nonstarter in several state ballot boxes last November. Even the gambling mecca itself, Las Vegas, is trying to remake itself as a "family" destination. One area where analysts are still bullish: Indian casinos. The success of the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos in Connecticut has Merrill Lynch calling the state "the hottest gambling market in the country." But attempts by the federal government to regulate gambling on Indian lands are likely to result in fierce opposition. In fact...
...learned very well from a book, concepts that require explanation and demonstration. Section discussion can, at times, be enlightening. (At times.) And classroom attendance correlates well with academic performance. (The summer before I arrived here, I met a recent Harvard grad who told me that the secret to success at the College was attending class. Of course, I went on to ignore her sage advice...