Word: successful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remarkable success rate has drawn nationalmedia attention to the Dorchester program andpeople are lining up to imitate STRIVE's formulaof motivation and discipline...
Part of the Bear's success last year was due to the superb goaltending of then-senior Greg Cattrano, who garnered NCAA keeper-of-the-year honors. His replacement between the pipes is the highly touted Strider Dixon, goalie for the U.S. under-19 team...
...course, I was aware that this is a relatively common ploy with low rates of success. But I intended to be the exception that proves the rule. In what I considered a particularly crafty tactic, I set my watch not to five minutes ahead--so easy to correct for the "real time"--but to the far more ambiguous seven minutes ahead. In this way, I succeeded in fooling myself to the extent that I even began showing up early. Yet there were limitations on the system. Because I rely on my clock rather than my watch while in my room...
...will be an overblown, unwatchable exercise in narcissism. With Tom Hanks, though, things are different. Hanks is so modest and so intelligent that if he invests himself in a film there's good reason to believe it has merit. There is also reason to hope it will be a success. While it's satisfying to see certain stars get their comeuppance, Hanks seems to be someone who deserves to flourish...
...this be? The simplest explanation is that the story From the Earth to the Moon tries to tell is too vast to be contained even in 12 hours. The movie Apollo 13 was a success largely because of its simple, intense narrative--guys go up in space, look as if they'll die, succeed in not dying. The mini-series is much more diffuse. Hanks and his colleagues have tried to be selective, but the smaller stories they tell either are not the right ones or are not dramatized effectively...