Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Speaking to a small group of students in the Freshman Union, Barnes said, "Although presidents do try to manipulate the press, their ability to succeed is extraordinarily overrated...
Begin's emotional outburst on the settlements issue raised new doubts about his government's interest in seeing its talks with Egypt succeed. One U.S. official exclaimed: "Our position against settlements is more than ten years old. Do we have to mention every one of our reservations about every subject every time he talks with the President? My God. at that rate every talk would take months...
...course, it is easy to exaggerate the significance of Reid's book. It is, at bottom, precisely what Reid meant it to be--a fast paced, mildly entertaining, enjoyable if not particularly penetrating thriller. On that level, it succeeds, if only because it is fun. On the level of social statement, as an analysis of a shift in basic cultural attitudes, Reid's own short-sightedness has sadly dictated that the book could not possibly succeed. But--like so much of Irish history--it is certainly an intriguing failure...
Genevieve Bujold is a wonderful actress--unfailingly charming--but here she battles four forces which succeed in overwhelming her: the hospital administrators, her skeptical fellow-surgeon lover (Michael Douglas), Crichton's tedious script, and her own French accent, which, despite her valiant attempts to obscure it, makes more comebacks than Napoleon. She does give Coma its interesting moments, however; when she climbs a ladder, the camera looks up her dress with unabashed voyeurism...
...First Amendment right to influence legislation." Adds University of Illinois Professor Jeffrey O'Connell: "A court clampdown on advertising is a raw, brutal way of handling the problem. Plaintiffs' lawyers are adequately protected by voir dire [jury selection] procedure." Most analysts doubt the trial lawyers will succeed in muffling the insurers but see the lawyers' maneuvers as effective nonetheless. Says The Research Group's Gingerich: "The insurance companies and trade associations will have to be much more careful in representing the nature and scope of the problem...