Word: succeeded
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...into a mass political organization capable of achieving victory through a free electoral process. In order to build that apparatus it will first be necessary for the FSLN to secure the legality currently denied it, and to insure that legality by demanding participation in the provisional government that will succeed Somoza...
...Arab world and possibly even lead to Sadat's own downfall. Gravely concerned about the slow progress of pre-Geneva negotiations, Sadat was seeking to persuade Israel to drop all preconditions and come to the renewed peace conference that President Carter has been pushing for. If Sadat should succeed in the talks that lie ahead, a negotiated settlement, after 29 years of war and brink of war, is within the realm of hope. If he fails, another war becomes a vivid danger. In the process, Sadat has put on the line his position as leader of the moderate Arabs...
...felt he had to tell the Saudis. Foreign Minister Fahmy, though aware of Sadat's dream, did not take the proposal seriously. Top Egyptian military commanders were also informed; they are as weary as Sadat is of another extended no-war, no-peace limbo. If the mission did not succeed, they warned him, Egypt would have no choice but to prepare for an inevitable...
Whether a merger of a copper company that is losing bushels of money with a highly diversified technology outfit can succeed will not be known for years. But Vice President J. Thomas Hill of First Boston Corp., the investment banking house that represented Kennecott in the deal, put the case for the merger this way: "Once it becomes public that a company is fighting off a takeover bid, that company inevitably has to be sold. The sharks begin to circle, but then the white knights like us move in and rescue the company." Now some Kennecott shareholders are doubtless looking...
...accoladas for this production of The Club must go primarily to its troop of stars. Katherine Benfer, Lisa McMillan, Maggie Task and Carolyn Val-Schmidt succeed spectacularly in their masquerade as males (as do Jean Bonard as the club's waiter, Cookie Harlin as the bellboy, and Catherine cappiello as the maestro). The four women manage to mask their sex completely, making the play's conclusion unexpected and delightful, rather than just a foolish coda to a musical frolic. While the actresses use gestures and facial expressions skillfully, it is their vocal talents that carry the play. The Club...