Word: successful
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...typical luau spread: somen salad, lomi lomi salmon, sushi, kalua pig and cabbage, teriyaki beef, chicken long rice, dimsum, rice, haupia, coconut cake, and chi chi dango. Kama'aina (island locals) were disappointed to find that pudding-like poi was not shipped in, but otherwise the food was a success. People not familiar with the delicacies of Hawaii were encouraged to "just try everything." Even the police officers who were hired to oversee the event were seen going back for second helpings...
...Personally, I feel that based on the team's success, each of us has enjoyed our own degree of success, and the same is true of myself...
Bemoan lack of community as much as you like, but the Lowell House Opera's success or lack thereof has extraordinarily little to do with who the residents of Lowell House are. Now the Dunster House Opera (consider, those who remember, the former character of Dunster) might be another matter, except that that company, aside from an inability to come up with a "more irresistible and convincing lead" this last year (which had nothing to do with randomization) is doing just fine. WESLEY C. CHINN '98 March...
...course, Springer stands on the shoulders of giants. Long before his show became a hit, Donahue and Winfrey were walking around the audience while their guests shared their personal tales. Lake, whose show debuted in 1993, refined the formula by adding confrontation. With her success came a clutch of imitators and a new round of fretting about trash television. But with all the competition, ratings began to decline, and by 1996, hosts like Rivera and Lake were taking the pledge to become more high-minded. They were encouraged by the experience of Jenny Jones, one of whose guests murdered another...
Congratulations on your 75th! The reasons for your success are twofold [75TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, March 9]: you consistently corral great writers, and you get away with telling people what to think without making most of them mad--no mean feat in this, the most independent-minded country in the world. I don't like your new, light, jazzy format. But you can't fight success. I'll be reading TIME, no doubt, for years to come. JOEL LAYNE Boise, Idaho...