Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...School graduate, getting his hands dirty alongside the working men at 100 different jobs around the state. In Alabama, Fob James, a millionaire sporting-goods magnate, used Memphis Media Consultant Deloss Walker plus $1 million to convince voters through television that he was the fresh face needed to succeed George Wallace. In California, Ken Rietz, a former head of Young Voters for President Nixon, is helping Republican Evelle Younger spend $1.75 million in television money in his final blitz to unseat Governor Jerry Brown...
...sneaky and underhanded simply because I am Black. White students who are not friendly with one another have business-like study groups, organizations, and conferences with each other and various professors--just because I am Black, does this mean I cannot? Does this mean I won't succeed unless I approach all white people hidden behind the veil of brotherly love and friendship like a conniving Sammy Davis Jr.? Spare me, Mr. Kilson, I will not stoop so low. As for your concept of success, take a look at all of the past few years' graduates presently enrolled at Harvard...
Jordan, who is noted for her membership on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings, said the stigma of being a woman in government did not hinder her performance. "I ignored it. You cannot succeed in politics is you are to withdraw into some self-concept that "because I am a woman, I can't,'" she said...
Some assembly representatives expect efforts to delete the minority clause to succeed this fall. However, such an amendment to the constitution could alienate minority groups, resulting in minority boycotts of the assembly similar to protests at other Ivy League schools...
However, Winthrop is sure that he wants the assembly to succeed. He was an active member of the convention last year and plans to spend much time this semester seeing that it succeeds...