Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...organizers who could unionize the dealers for O.P.E.U. if they could get a charter. Supported by Duvin's high recommendation, Nardi and Francis were quickly approved and received their charter from O.P.E.U. Although their initial organizing attempts were resisted by some casino operators, the scheme seemed likely to succeed...
When the crimson jersey was unfolded at Harvard's election for football captain yesterday afternoon and the number 64 tumbled out, nobody was surprised. All Ivy linebacker Gary Farneti was the only logical choice to succeed end John Cramer, and he will be a major factor in Harvard's attempt to rebound next fall...
Fouraker, a relatively young dean at 46, has been a member of the Business School faculty for the past eight years and will succeed 66-year-old George P. Baker '25, who became dean in 1962 and will leave office in January...
...institute came through a real test. Violence didn't succeed in radicalizing the student body, and peaceful dissent is stronger than ever. I believe this had significance for this institution -and for every other." So said Howard W. Johnson, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reflecting last week on M.I.T.'s success in coping with the recent demonstrations against the institute's deep involvement in Pentagon-backed defense research (TIME, Nov. 14). The rainy New England weather helped to dampen the militants. But it was Johnson's own administrative acumen that defused what could have...
Then a marshal lit my candle, and my new project was to keep it going until I said goodbye to Tinsley. I didn't succeed despite constant practice at those Christmas candlelight services. My candle burned faster than anyone else's, and it became clear that I would be lucky if the candle lasted the length of the walk...