Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other newcomer, No. 5, came to the Senate. He was Colonel E. P. Thayer of Indiana, chosen to be Secretary of the Senate to succeed the late George A. Sanderson...
...idea that natural playing ability does not make a good coach comes at a most timely moment, when the selection of a coach to succeed R. T. Fisher '12 is imminent...
...this program, toward bringing the game back to where it can again be regarded as a sport. But I believe that it is just as well to add that in the informal discussion which followed the passage of the resolution, many members expressed the hope that the program would succeed. It was generally conceded that this move on your part was constructive, ambitious, and courageous, and showed that the CRIMSON is no longer merely a purveyor of news, but a useful instrument for encouraging and moulding progressive policies...
...cross-examination of Colonel Mitchell was completed. The prosecutors questioned him point by point concerning the statements for which he is on trial for "insulting" the Army and Navy. They did not succeed in drawing from him any very damaging admissions; he stuck to his story, which was not difficult to do since mostly matters of opinion and inference were at stake. Examples of the testimony...
...friend, Senator Paul Doumer, to form a cabinet. Senator Doumer has had a long and honorable political career* and has not been greatly embroiled in the recent political struggle. He could come forward without stirring the animosities which spring up about every man recently in power. He might succeed in conciliating Blum. He failed...