Word: succeeded
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...that the Democrats are now in control. It's difficult to be in charge of Congress, especially when your grass roots are pushing you to do something about the war, and it's hard to do anything without seeming to undercut the troops or denying Petraeus a chance to succeed. Mitch McConnell's performance as Senate Republican leader has also--for the first time in a long while--given Republicans a congressional leader worth rooting for as he outmaneuvers the Democrats in their efforts to put Congress on record against Bush's Iraq policy...
...Mizushima, for one, won't be building any bridges between Japan and China. He says he has already raised half of the $2.5 million he needs for his film, which he vows will prove "the massacre did not happen." Few outside observers expect him to succeed. As Guttentag puts it: "There's an extraordinary amount of evidence that shows that it did. There's forensic evidence, there's photographic evidence, there's film evidence, there's eyewitness testimony. I mean, what else do you need...
...Whether he'll succeed in integrating them into his own electorate is a mystery, as are the intentions of voters in the ethnically mixed suburbs (polling along ethnic lines still being taboo in France). But Le Pen's bulldog growl is not falling entirely on deaf ears in the suburbs. "We've been waiting for someone to say, 'If you're French above all, you're welcome and have a place among us,'" says Habiba, who contrasts Le Pen's appeal with that of mainstream politicians who "keep telling us we're French, but continue shutting us out as eternal...
...player it’s always there. You can’t stop thinking about it. You want it, you need it to happen. Then there comes the time at which you finally succeed...
...Mailer said. INVITATION TO CONTROVERSY The theology that appears in “The Castle in the Forest” raised questions on the nature of God from the audience, and Mailer did not flinch from asserting his beliefs. “God is a creator who could succeed or fail,” Mailer said. “We are God’s vision.” However, he added that we posses full agency to direct this vision. Indeed, Mailer literally tried to incite controversy. Near the end of the event, he requested that the audience...