Word: succeeded
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Griffin analyzes academic pressure the same way everyone else does, in terms of the economic situation and the competition for admission to professional schools. He also perceives a kind of self-generated, self-perpetuating pressure to succeed, to excel. The situation he sees is one that exists everywhere these days, and he cannot explain, really, why things are so much more intense at Yale, except to say that Yale students tend to be vigorous and enthusiastic and that "it's a terrific time here...
...California Pollster Mervin Field: "Ford has a wide-open dance card because he's not coming to the prom with a girl of his own." Among the contenders are three members of the Administration's new "team": Rumsfeld, Bush and Elliot Richardson (see page 30), who was named to succeed Rogers Morton as Secretary of Commerce. Morton is expected to take over leadership of the President's campaign from Director Howard ("Bo") Callaway, who has been blamed by many Republicans for its ineptitude...
...forces were within 18 miles of the city and scarcely a mortar's lob from the capital's sole source of water. They claimed that they would wait only until the last of the Portuguese were gone before assaulting the city. The M.P.L.A. was ready. "We will succeed in the long run," said one commander, "thanks to Comrade...
...POSSIBLE RESIGNATION: I have not lost hope that we can bring Lebanon out of this difficulty. I have made up my mind that I will do everything possible to succeed in the task. Resignation would be the easy way, the selfish way, and I have never been a selfish...
...FOREIGN INTERFERENCE: This crisis is the responsibility of the Lebanese. If the Lebanese had not been willing to fight one another, no one could have made them fight. It is our responsibility. No one who has an interest in destroying Lebanon can succeed if the Lebanese are united. Syrian interference? Yes, there was, but it was mediation for the good of Lebanon, an attempt to help us get out of the crisis, a brotherly and neighborly thing...