Word: successful
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...most popular argument is that your money is better allocated to student groups which, undoubtedly, more personally affect the lives of students here, socially and otherwise. While I agree with the importance of student groups and their successful events, the Council and more specifically the Campus Life committee, must attain the ability to put on campus-wide events like the Gala Ball and Springfest. Many of you have asked me "Why can't we have Dave Matthews for Springfest?" The reason is we have no money and no real support as a committee to try to build bridges with...
Seven billion, actually. And the mercurial software baron--who owes his success to a database-management program most Americans have never heard of--has taken full advantage of the fortune. For starters, Ellison could be a poster boy for Billionaire Chic. He drives expensive cars, loves beautiful women and jets off to exotic locations to sail his yacht. In Silicon Valley, where every day is casual Friday, the chairman of Oracle, based in San Mateo, Calif., dresses like the Prince of Wales. He shows up at industry functions in double-breasted suits, French cuffs and knuckle-size cuff links...
...Improve publicity. It's a perennial problem on the Council, but the lack of postering for Springfest this year seemed to hit a new low. Perhaps the best solution is for the Council to hire a posterer or door-dropper, so that the success of Springfest will not rely on the responsibility of its members...
...Fungs success in ballroom dancing seems to not be exclusive to the two that attend Harvard...
...governance. Reed's ambitious corrective: while keeping a seat on the Christian Coalition's board, he will launch a political consulting firm, Century Strategies, that will bring forth candidates who adhere to the movement's principles and also have wider appeal to the general electorate. "We have enjoyed enormous success in the arena of issue politics," he told TIME. "In order to take that forward to its logical conclusion, we have to have the same measure of success in winning elections." Forget Lee Atwater; Reed wants to be the prophet of the next great Republican awakening...