Word: succeeded
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...taught himself to read and write while on death row for 11 years, kept his story out of the film because, he explains, "it's the only way to get credibility--people listen to you better." He has no illusions that his own long legal struggle for freedom will succeed. "If the courts go by the law, I'll win. If not, I'll lose. It is that simple." As for the Oscars, Rideau says, "it would be nice to be there. But if I don't go this time, there will be another time. I still have...
...going. They face Duke this weekend, so for my bracket hopes to stay alive, their Cinderella run must end. But their unexpected success is the point of March Madness. It's no fun if everything goes according to plan; we all love rooting for the underdog and watching him succeed. This attitude mostly has to do with basketball, but it also has to do with the time of the year--it's spring, and pleasant surprises are the order...
Some academics who do succeed in popular writing have worried that this will cause them to lose the intellectual respect of their peers, Freed says, pointing to Carl Sagan as an example...
...look at Polo/RL as a high-cost operator, a dandy living beyond its means. The company's seven flagship stores--the latest, a 37,000-sq.-ft. monument to fantasy and finery on Chicago's Michigan Avenue--are money pits. Lauren says the analysts miss the point: the flagships succeed as marketing beacons. Nevertheless, sacrifices had to be made to the Street. Last month Polo/RL announced a restructuring, laying off 5% of the work force and shutting nine outlet stores. Is that enough of a (suede calfskin) belt tightening to get costs back in line with competitors Hilfiger and Nautica...
...they do on their summer vacation (misspent in upper-crust Manhattan and Long Island) is the same old story--an elaborate scheme to deflower a couple of virgins (Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair) whose virtue irritates and challenges them. As in all the other versions of this story, they succeed, but eventually receive a morally satisfying comeuppance...