Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American students forced to study medicine abroad for lack of sufficient places in schools in my own country [Oct. 3]. I take offense at being called a "reject," for I find myself qualified to succeed in any American medical school?if only given the chance. My grades and admission test scores have been as good as those of many students studying in U.S. schools. Like my colleagues, I have spent every vacation doing clinical electives in the U.S. and have per? formed at a level deemed competent by various professors...
...position is the right one, nor that it should be. The incontrovertible obstacle remains national affiliation. The Catholic side desires unification with the south, while the Protestant side insists on maintaining the link with Britain. The disagreement is absolute with no space for compromise or concession. Power-sharing may succeed on a pragmatic basis and as an effective counter to the 'men of violence,' and the present troubles may even end, but the question of national affiliation will continue to plague the province. Unification or union, the only final solutions, are completely unacceptable solutions. Only an astounding shift...
...facing the toughest test we've faced since 1948. We must help the government change the economy and solve social problems-or else we won't survive." Cynics detected another possible motive: Yadin, as Deputy Premier, will now be in a better position to succeed Begin should the ailing Premier die or become incapacitated...
...Ford, only about 5% of the business leaders of the nation supported me. So it is not a derogation of support that previously existed. It is a struggle on my part to increase my support within the business community. But I am their President, and they want me to succeed. I feel very close to them...
...budget, big studio-backed movie. Such doubts have long since faded away as the motion picture industry has reverted to its conventional production methods, and work like Short Eyes must once again swim upstream to gain widespread attention. A sleeper must now feature something special to succeed, and Young's new film regrettably comes up short in enough areas to safely predict it will not make much of a dent in the industry, artistically or financially...