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...
Starting a believable rumor is much easier than the web of idiocy spawned by such rumors would imply. Rumors succeed because even the most brilliant people are surprisingly unskeptical, particularly if the rumor bases itself on a premise that one should be skeptical of something else. It's simple. All you have to do is sit down in some very large survey class and start talking to a friend, softly enough so that it's clear you don't intend to be overheard but loudly enough so that you know you will be, about how of course the administration likes...
...Last Saturday, Gyorffy had high expectations of at least a repeat performance in the high jump, determined to better her third-place performance from last year. Gyorffy did succeed in surpassing last year's performance. Although she did not achieve another personal record in the high jump this season, her height of 1.89 m was good enough for the silver medal...
Gyorffy had high expectations of at least a repeat performance in the high jump, determined to better her third place performance from last year. Gyorffy did succeed in surpassing last year's performance. Although she did not achieve another personal record in the high jump this season, her height of 1.89 m was good enough for the silver medal...
...parts." But, he stresses, cyber-spies cannot penetrate the heart of the nation's defenses -- because the Pentagon keeps the good stuff offline. "The Pentagon's key military networks are not on the Internet," says Thompson, "and they are not linked to the Internet." So while the hackers may succeed at making life difficult for the military, they cannot compromise national security...