Word: succeed
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Washington's main worry now is who will succeed Park, and what the new President will stand for. According to the constitution-which foreign observers believe will be honored by the interim government-the 2,583-member National Conference of Unification, which is a kind of electoral college, must meet within 90 days and choose a President. Observers in Seoul very much doubt that Park's successor will be Acting President Choi, a bureaucrat who seems to have neither the stature nor the following...
...What chances would you give for the rest of the conference to succeed...
People have a lot of wrong views of us. We are not the beasts and villains we are painted to be. We've come here to succeed, not to fail. We've come here to negotiate, not to push other people's heads. What have we been fighting for really? For one man, one vote. I think we deserve it. We've given our lives for Zimbabwe and we must...
...will campaign all voted against rent controls and attempts to control condominium conversion, and none of the challengers picked by the group was willing or able to gain the support of the Rent Control Task Force. City council meetings might be more pleasant if the CCC were to succeed, when the votes were counted, but rent control would probably go out the window with a speed belying "moderation...
...achievements-notably the elimination of illiteracy-provide an alluring model for Cuba's neighbors. Says Abraham Lowenthal, a U.S. authority on Latin America: "These countries are satellites in search of an orbit. They may become part of the Cuban orbit, but not for military reasons. If the Cubans succeed, it will be because Cuba is able to convey a greater sense of social and economic integration, a greater sense of nation-building and a greater ability to employ people...