Word: successful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tightly contested race for the Undergraduate Council presidency and vice-presidency, the endorsements of several student groups, announced in recent days, might prove vital to the success or failure of the candidates...
...went into this weekend expecting four points and we only got two; therefore the weekend was not a success," said junior Craig Adams. "We need to start sweeping weekends, not splitting...
Feaster's energy only increased as the game progressed. Bucket after bucket, rebound after rebound, she seemed hungrier for more success. She hit six of her nine shots from downtown and was perfect from the charity stripe...
...this sounds as if it could be the stuff of which melodrama is made--or as if it could be a heart-wrenching and uplifting success. As it happens, it's neither. Bent lies somewhere in between, neither a failure nor the transcendent triumph it aspires to be. The film suffers from a number of structural problems which distract from its central themes. It's too slowly paced, weighted down by scenes consisting either entirely of dialogue, or of silent, slow and repetitive motion--there's little action and much less spectacle. And, since most of the movie's lines...
...young, attractive Southern lawyer trying to beat the system. A stunningly beautiful victim turned love interest. A brash villain with dozens of paranoia-fueling spies. Sound familiar? It is the John Grisham recipe for success. Over the past decade, Grisham has shamelessly repackaged and regurgitated the formulaic legal thriller eight times under slightly different veils...