Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plays (The Ecclesiazusae), women, disguised as men, steal into the ecclesia, succeed in decreeing a new constitution-a satire on the general demoralization of public life...
...Abbot is now rebuilding the cooker and expects to succeed in demonstrating the possibility of a kitchen stove heated by sun rays. But it would be too expensive and intricate for the average household at present, though perhaps useful in regions where coal and wood were unobtainable...
...system now in use may not be as perfect as possible. Obviously it is not. But its presence is infinitely preferable to its absence, and improvements can be made any general or particular improvements, so much the better for all concerned. Some of the innovations and special characteristics may succeed, others may fail and be discarded. But in the hands of the men who were eager, keen, and forceful enough to introduce the system into this Division can be left its development...
...suggested to retire Lyautey and allow Albert Sarraut, Minister of the Colonies in the Poincaré Cabinet, to succeed the soldier who has done so much to extend the French North African Empire. Marshall Lyautey has announced his intention of not resigning just yet. But politics are politics and something must be done for Sarraut, who has proclaimed his Intention of renouncing Parliamentary life after the next elections. It was reported that M. Sarraut had been offered the post of Governor-General of French Indo-China and of Ambassador at Washington, "both of-which he refused...
From the history of past acrimonious controversies on this subject, it is clear that Dr. Eddy will not succeed in convincing all workers in the field of his achievement without herculean arguments. Knowledge has grown so rapidly that two or three years renders many notions obsolete...