Word: successful
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...greater lament, however, is that the scandal, rooted in the very recent commercial success of the Olympic games, signals another blow to the integrity of athletics and amateur athletics in particular. The Olympics have been selling out for years: the last decade has seen the steady introduction of professional athletes, from USA Basketball's "Dream Team" of NBA players to the world's top-ranked tennis players, competing in the Games...
...Rosenblatt is one of the few Jewish fighters still in the sport. He said he receives mail from Jewish people worldwide, including letters from Germany, Sweden and New Zealand, from doctors, lawyers and prison inmates, many of whom derive inspiration from his success. While Rosenblatt said he has long loved the sport, he stressed the exploitation and brutality that he said is inherent in boxing...
...Sage's success is due in large part to itsability to adjust in a very competitive market. Ifa Square store defaults on its rent, another isalways waiting in the wings to replace...
...after-school party, held in a rec room of a Bronx high-rise, was a success: Clive and Cindy charged 25[cents] for girls and 50[cents] for boys, and it went till 4 a.m. Pretty soon Clive was getting requests to do more parties, and in 1973 he gave his first block party. He was Kool Herc now--that was the graffito tag he used to write on subway cars--and he got respect. At 18 he was the first break-beat deejay, reciting rhymes over the "break," or instrumental, part of the records he was spinning...
...Power and success didn't change Puffy," says one former associate. "He's always been a great businessman and a master manipulator." Combs rules Bad Boy with a firm, sometimes ruthless hand, controlling a dozen producers and rappers, supervising them in the studio, approving their lyrics and sometimes even dictating the color of their shoes. If he is tough, Combs says, it's because "there's never been an opportunity like this, even back in the Motown days. Very few people have the chance to be their own boss, to own what they create." Sometimes, to lead...