Word: succeeded
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...collaborator Gary Gygax (who died last year) created a new genre of entertainment with their 1974 role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. Dave Arneson, 61, and Gygax promoted gaming that encouraged teamwork to succeed...
...know our culture society will move," says Kurtz. "The Catholic Church will certainly respond with a commitment to truth and love. ... November is not all that long ago, and I still believe that getting out the message about marriage, with a commitment to both truth and love, will succeed. In upholding the traditional definition of marriage, there is not a desire to punish or hurt anyone. We want to do a better job of communicating our concern for all, for both those who agree, and disagree...
...Rocky Raccoon,” one part “Walk the Line,” “Beneath the Veil” is a joy to listen to, both for its genre-bending appeal and for its own musical merit. “Fingers” also succeeds in these same respects. Sounding more like a Beatles ballad than anything else, the track integrates staccato piano chords, a marching beat, and some impressive orchestration to give it a simultaneously fresh and dated feel. While the lyrics are a bit more hit or miss...
...past 40 years, Iran has been viewed as a national security threat to both the Middle East and the U.S. As Iran becomes more aggressive in its acquisition of enriched uranium and a nuclear weapon, now is hardly the time to allow it to succeed. President Obama’s intention to waive the previous condition for negotiation—that Iran suspend its nuclear program—is not only troubling in the national security problems that it presents, but also in the legitimacy it adds to the Iran regime’s troubling course of domestic action...
...thoroughly modern, calculated public relations enterprise, but its ancient charms are remarkable.” That’s just it: “Lowboy” is an incredibly competent novel from a young, clearly passionate writer. I want it to succeed. I want him to succeed. But it doesn’t have the feeling of a breakthrough...