Word: succession
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fine, a Rhodes scholar, also praised Harvard's approach to athletics. "We strive to be the best, but we are not just athletes. We are student-athletes. That's a better indicator of the success of the program than the won-loss record," he said...
WHEN A LITERARY CRITIC sets out to write a novel of fantasy, he'd better be sure of his inspiration. The profession has had its share of success in the genre; C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are only the most celebrated of a long line of academics to turn their esoteric knowledge into imaginative epics. But there is always a danger lurking in the author's fascination with his own private world of symbols: if he gets lost in it, he can easily forget his duty to tell a tale...
...success is everything. Morally important as well as useful in a practical...
...cent of the Iranian government's second and third-level officials." One can almost see Ayatollah Khomeini's beard turn a whiter shade of grey. This ridiculous statement follows from the agency's incurable optimism about its own power and the success of its programs. The official failed to note that once in place only about one ex-student in four remains loyal to his intelligence master and even he is apt to produce worthless intelligence or metamorphose into a double-agent. The intelligence gained is simply not worth the monetary or human cost (at least 40 suicides among such...
...Coach Alex) Nahigian is a big believer in the slider," Brown noted, a factor that has also changed the pitching of Junior Rob Alevizos with a great deal of early-season success...