Word: succeed
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...televised media event on the eve of celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was the most public step yet in the grooming of Jiang, 63, to succeed 85-year-old party patriarch Deng Xiaoping. When Jiang, the mayor of Shanghai, was selected in June to replace ousted General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, most Chinese were surprised. An engineer who lacks both a political power base and ties to the increasingly influential military, Jiang was considered a seat warmer ultimately destined for lesser things...
...that the reform-minded Jiang should follow in the footsteps of Mao Zedong and Deng and serve as "the core" of the party's "third-generation" leadership. By playing such a prominent role in last week's anniversary observances, Jiang has achieved front-runner status in the race to succeed Deng. Put another way, Jiang has won his New Hampshire primary -- but the race is far from over...
...image of a strong woman involved in confused love dominates the album. Etheridge's lyrics, however, more or less succeed in skirting the rocks of love cliches, and she hits home with lines like "Am I the snake inside your garden, the sugar in your tea, the knock upon your backdoor, the twist that turns your...
...songs have the same simple rock sound, with vocals not getting lost in the sound of the band. "Royal Station 4 16," which features U2 lead singer Bono playing harmonica. is a confusing jumble of mournful lyrics and excessive guitar and drums that does not succeed as well as Etheridge's simpler songs...
...must eventually surrender their weapons, he said it was "not necessarily a first step." The President, whose rightist Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) has strong links to El Salvador's armed forces, also offered publicly for the first time to consider a drastic reduction in military manpower. If the talks succeed, he said, "there would be a demobilization of the armed forces. We don't believe there's a need for a 55,000-man army if there is peace...