Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...night and flying back the next morning in time for work, all so he could attend his daughter's school performance. He listens in to parent-teacher conferences and doctor visits over the speakerphone. The implication is that, if you are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to succeed in your career, why wouldn't you apply that kind of motivation to your family life...
...other hand, Franklin says she doubts whether the task force's attempts will succeed where so many others have failed...
...nice" indicate a sense of compassion. Some might see a contradiction, but I think there's a logic behind it. Merciless selection seems less objectionable if we insist that no one is intrinsically unfit. The losers are victims of circumstance, who, in principle at least, can be helped to succeed...
...said the atmosphere, which included pressure to succeed at the expense of others, was thought to be essential to becoming a lawyer...
Waters is confident about Harvard's ability to succeed this season...