Word: succeeded
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...Activities Fair is a reminder of what they themselves haven't done, or what they wish they had. Harvard seems to value achievements above all else, and Harvard students are typically characterized as overachievers. Americans in general seem to be afflicted by the particular desire to accomplish and succeed...
Thabo Mbeki, who is expected to succeed Nelson Mandela as the president of the African National Congress in December, said participation is the key for democracy...
...only aspirant. Anatoli Chubais, the economic reformer who is the President's chief of staff, has stayed out of the Chechen mess while he cements his own powers as "regent" over all presidential decrees and appointments. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who has the constitutional right to succeed Yeltsin in the event of his incapacity or death, seems to have formed a powerful alliance with Chubais...
...dropped out by weeks end, citing exhaustion and isolation. When she left, humiliated, she was escorted out with the taunts of her male classmates. A year later, though, the new cadets have entered a Citadel that, wanting to keep its federal funding, would very much like them to succeed. "Two days after the Supreme Court ruled the all-male admission policy at VMI unconstitutional, The Citadel announced it would "enthusiastically" accept women as cadets," says TIME's Lisa Towle. "Some graduates railed at the school for caving in too soon. Others, argued for calm and acceptance. They understood that...
There is nothing inevitable about this, of course. But it would be a hair-raising gamble. In response to newspaper headlines asserting that he was "betting the farm" that his plan would succeed, Dole observed that he was in fact "betting the country." He meant to sound confident, but that may not be how his remarks resonate with the voters...