Word: succession
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...whether actors are confined to their ethnic origins or whether characters are defined by their physical traits. The original Players, which was created under the umbrella of AAA in 1994, has served as a forum for those underrepresented in theater, including Asian American students. The AAA Players enjoyed initial success: their productions of David Henry Hwang’s “F.O.B.,” Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” and ABBA’s rock musical “Chess” attracted large crowds and received praise...
Kadlec is a co-author of With Purpose: Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life (2009), which explores the emerging volunteer revolution
...longtime journalist is the author of the best-selling memoir Eat, Pray, Love. Sister Mary Scullion has helped reduce the number of people living on the streets of Philadelphia by half. Over 95% of those who cycle through her Project H.O.M.E. program have never again become homeless, a success rate that has made the program a model for dozens of other U.S. cities...
...meet’s eventual first place finisher by a tenth of a second.But there was a time when first place showings weren’t so unexpected. Taking the pool for nearly two decades alongside his twin brother Bill, Dan enjoyed more than his share of success prior to this winter. Raised in a family that included four male swimmers, Bill and Dan showed a drive to dominate the pool from the moment they hit the water.“We always had a good family dynamic for swimming,” Bill recalls...
...single-minded pursuit of academic excellence. We are simply urging a shift of values…There is no necessary connection between striving for knowledge and being a social misfit. In many cultures where intellect is valued more highly than it is here, academic achievement and social success go hand in hand.” SONG garnered national attention and then, within a few years, petered out. Perhaps the “anti-intellectual climate” was at fault. Or perhaps Harvard students simply realized that there were more effective ways of proving that nerds could attain social success...