Word: succeeded
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Washington, a former spokesman for Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington (no relation), wrote that on election night, during a discussion over who might succeed Obama in the Senate, Burris turned to a friend of hers to say, "Why not me?" In mid-December, as the controversy raged over Blagojevich's alleged plot to sell the seat, Burris held a press conference, declaring, "I am more than happy and willing and able to come to the call of my friends, to try to be able to bring some sanity and help to the people of the state...
...that what great teachers, what great educators possess?” wrote Steve Bzomowski, who was Assistant Coach at Harvard when Duncan was on the varsity men’s basketball team, on his blog. “The unwavering belief that their pupils can and should and will succeed.” —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu...
...owner Katharine Graham to resist those threats. Felt's motives for helping Woodward (whom Felt had met in the Nixon White House when Woodward was a young Navy lieutenant carrying classified documents between the Pentagon and the National Security Council) were not entirely pure. Felt had hoped to succeed J. Edgar Hoover as director of the FBI, and was miffed that Nixon had given the job to a close political ally. But Felt was also offended that the White House, through the new director, was attempting to manipulate the FBI's investigation of the Watergate crimes...
...News has always been underestimated from the very beginning. But if you want to use the past eight years as a road map for who's going to succeed over the next eight, it looks pretty good for MSNBC...
...election, Jackson, who had served as a national co-chair of Obama's presidential campaign, said he was not lobbying for Obama's seat. "My focus during these final hours has been on electing Obama President. If he wins," Jackson added, "I'd be honored and humbled to succeed him in the U.S. Senate." Then, he said, "I'm confident the governor will make a decision in the best interest of the state and country." But shortly after Obama's election, Jackson mounted a vigorous public campaign for the seat. On the morning of the day before his arrest, Blagojevich...