Word: successfully
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...races are the brainchild of Eric Schechter, 30, a former Arizona real estate broker. He launched his first race in 1988, raising $150,000 for a Scottsdale drug-abuse prevention program. That success prompted him to found Great American Duck Races, which expects to handle 103 such events this year and post revenues of $1 million...
Publishing without benefit of advertising, admits editor in chief Robin Morgan, "goes against all the traditional wisdom. But Ms. always has. That's what we're about." Subscriptions will cost $40 a year; newsstand copies will sell for $4.50. This time around, success depends on the editors' ability to woo the sophisticated -- and choosy -- women whom the original Ms. helped create...
Symbiosis is the key to the success of the clerkship program. For the Justices, appointed for life, the presence of bright young minds brings a regular infusion of new vitality. And for the clerks? "For one year," says Washington lawyer Ronald Lee, who clerked for another alumnus, Justice John Paul Stevens, "it is the greatest job in the world...
...somehow more acceptable) group sex, for instance. Women are frequently pressured to drop charges. Says Gail Abarbanel, director ! of the rape treatment center at the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center in California: "A victim seeking redress often finds herself silenced for the sake of the university's athletic success." A classic example occurred in 1983, when University of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell telephoned a coed in an attempt to have her drop an accusation of sexual misconduct against one of his players. Driesell's action drew only a reprimand from the school...
McCartney took the zero-risk option and waited until his LP faded off of Billboard's charts, lest recent success detract from his old standards. The crowds, desperately weary of the soundbite, searching for a bit of the past, seemed to especially appreciate the old Beatle ballads...