Word: successful
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...family was the realization of Joe Kennedy's dreams of glory. "The measure of a man's success in life," said the founding father, "is not the money he's made. It's the kind of family he's raised." Joe Kennedy amassed a fortune of some $400 million (see box, p. 23), but he was also an astonishing success as a progenitor. Yet the patriarch's glory was brief. One day last week was the sixth anniversary of John Kennedy's assassination. Another would have been Robert Kennedy's 44th birthday...
...fathers have ever set out so deliberately to found a political dynasty-although the Kennedys were too close together to be called dynastic. The denouement of his dream was especially bitter for a man whose tough pride in name and faith in success amounted almost to hubris. For most of the decade of his sons' triumphs, he was paralyzed and speechless following a stroke the year after Jack's inauguration...
...Haven last Friday soured quite a few freshman football players on one aspect of the varsity coaching staff, and Yovicsin can ill afford to drive away upcoming players at this stage. Farneti, hopefully, can re-establish the type of cohesive attitude that was the major factor in the success of the 1968 squad...
There was at least a partial explanation for Harvard's lack of success in this meet, in which coach Bill McCurdy's harriers were among the favorites. Tom Spengler was still unable to compete. Dave Pottetti decided not to run because of a knee ailment, and Colburn was hindered by a bad chest cold...
...team should continue the pattern of success. Pottetti, Koerner, Foye, Spengler, and Bob Seals will all be back, as will Chuck McCormack. Andy Meltzoff, and Charlie McNagny. They will be aided considerably by this fall's exceptional freshman squad, provided the Yardlings can adjust to the longer distance...