Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...skill, involved in this strategy. But there was also luck that it fell in place as well as it seems to have." The Carter Administration's push for Geneva will surely require much more shoving, not to mention zigging and zagging, in the weeks ahead if it is to succeed. Some more luck would not hurt either...
...Dearborn, Mich.) In praising the new Vice President, Politburo Member Mikhail Suslov, 74, referred to Kuznetsov's "rich experience of life." In his speech of acceptance, Kuznetsov pledged to dedicate "all my strength" to fulfilling the high honor bestowed on him. As for who may some day succeed Brezhnev, the Kremlinologists will have to look for other clues...
Still, the Synod remains the church's only international sounding board, and speeches there will be, dissected for hints on the bishops' attitudes toward the future direction of the papacy. The most pressing question will, of course, go unarticulated in the formal sessions: Who will succeed Paul...
Beyond that, the secret meetings were calculated to brighten Dayan's image. He would like to succeed Begin as Premier, but he has not had a secure power base since leaving the Labor Alliance to join the new government. Secret diplomacy can make influential friends as well as intriguing headlines. It can also provoke critics. "Our Foreign Minister," editorialized the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv last week, "has special talents in the sphere of thunderous secrecy. The entire world is always well informed about his timetable. Mr. Dayan creates too much ado about his secrets." Added a second newspaper...
...constitution might have been more acceptable, if less politically feasible, a decade ago, when the unyielding stance of the National Party had a broader base of white popular support. To succeed now, the government will have to allay suspicion by coloreds that it is only trying to capture them in a subservient position within a white fortress and (far more difficult) overcome black hostility to any system that denies them representation...