Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshmen at last seemed to hit their stride. Jones starred with five goals from the field. While the Freshmen were scoring, the Y. M. C. A. offense proved ineffective, although once or twice a short rally seemed about to bring them to the front again. These did not succeed and they scored only three points in this half. Simonds led their scoring with three field goals and five scores after fouls...
...taking it upon themselves. They cannot by a stroke of the pen create a uniform code of laws for this country, but they hope, without legislation, to draw up a sort of handbook of legal procedure, to which all lawyers and judges may turn as authority. If they succeed, their code will be, not law, but a consensus of the best legal opinions upon which all jurists may rely. Law in this country is badly in need of the service...
...course it may not succeed, but who can be sure that the other one would necessarily work well...
True, the forcible method of collecting reparations, so far, has had little success. Already economists are inclined to declare that the policy cannot succeed. Figures on the January coal deliveries are strong evidence. Still, this is a question impossible of solution except by time; and efforts at a premature judgment are futile...
...second international silk exposition is confirmed. One manufacturer has copyrighted the title "Tutankhamen silks" for a line of fabrics embroidered with Egyptian designs, and the suggestion of a new type of "Pharoahic styles" has been brought forward. Luxor, the burying ground of the sovereigns of ancient Egypt, may succeed Paris as the home of fashion...