Word: succeeded
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Some countries, said the Secretary, may "see a chance for advantage in fueling the flames of war and racial hatred. But those countries are not motivated by concern for the peoples of Africa, or for peace. And if they succeed, they could doom opportunities that might never return...
Never rich, and weakened by a fight over who will succeed longtime Director Roy Wilkins, 75, the N.A.A.C.P. was in real fear of a financial debacle. Earlier this year it barely managed to post a $262,000 bond in a libel suit it lost a trial to a policeman from another Mississippi county. By last week an emergency round of fund raising-Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson even passed the hat on the street in front of his office-had produced only $763,374 for the Port Gibson bond. At the same time a frantic series of court appearances was producing...
...racial Armageddon that seems to be looming in southern Africa. Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere had announced that he was not "particularly encouraged" by Kissinger's mission. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda had declared that Kissinger might have "only a few days, not weeks," to succeed in averting a black-white...
Schmidt says he does not anticipate making any major policy changes in administration, although he says he looks forward to starting new projects to succeed the Kennedy School and Mission Hill building projects. Schmidt would not offer details on these projects, however, because he said it is too early for him to speculate...
...Nation, exemplified by Schroeder's decision to focus on one of the ministers as he absentmindedly picks his nose. If Schroeder's point here is to demonstrate the absoluteness of Amin's power within his government, or the simplicity of his subordinates, or both, he does not succeed in making that point very poignant. On a superficial level, the utter ludicrousness of the scene vitiates any sense of horror. And if one gives it a second thought, remembering the language issue, the scene is virtually devoid of meaning...