Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with Callaghan's authority now seriously damaged, potential successors are already jockeying for position. His own favorite is former Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, who bravely defended Callaghan in Brighton as the party's "greatest asset." But if the leftists succeed next year in gaining control of the selection process-as they nearly did last week -the front runner will be Tony Benn...
...leader's fundamental choice is whether to approve the use of force. If he decides to do so, his only vindication is to succeed...
...basement of the Executive Office Building. Nixon calmly listened to our report and approved the recommendations while incongruously holding a bowling ball in one hand. It was one of the few occasions that I saw Nixon without a coat and tie. He said that whatever was done must succeed; he was determined to stop the Syrian attack...
...despite the tremendous odds, the Chinese may yet succeed in closing the gap. As Chairman Hua told his nation's technocrats last year, "Facts past and present show that we Chinese too have a head and two hands and are no stupider than other people...
...thought the whole debate irrelevant. Either the sanctuaries were a danger or they were not. If it was worth cleaning them out, he did not understand all the pussyfooting about the American role or what we accomplished by attacking only one. Our task was to make Vietnamization succeed. He favored an attack on both Fishhook and Parrot's Beak, including American forces...