Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meat ax and I use a scalpel." Riposted Representative Sam Steiger: "John thinks of himself as a scalpel. I prefer to think of him as a Roto-Rooter." So it went in perhaps the year's most vicious political contest, the fight for the Arizona Republican nomination to succeed retiring G.O.P. Senator Paul Fannin. Last week that contest ended when Steiger, by a margin of about 10,000 votes out of a record 195,000 cast, captured the nomination. He may well have won a Pyrrhic victory...
Still, the relationship between George and Cornelia could directly affect Alabama politics. Wallace is barred by state law from running for re-election in 1978. Cornelia is considered a possible prospect to try to succeed him, just as Wallace's first wife, Lurleen, followed him as Governor in 1967 (she died of cancer 17 months after taking office). If the taping episode indicates a wide rift between the Wallaces, Cornelia would be seriously damaged politically; without George's all-out support, she could hardly hope to win. But Wallace promised last week that if Cornelia does...
...other, meticulously crafted plans for the Boeing 727 and its 92 passengers and crew members. The plane was being skyjacked to advertise independence for Croatia, one of Yugoslavia's six republics and long a region of simmering separatism. Thus began a bizarre and improbable skyjacking, the first to succeed in the U.S. in nearly four years. It was the latest blow struck by Croatian separatists, who have been waging a campaign of assassination, bombing and blackmail for several years...
...Pittsburgh Steelers in the first playoff round, but this year the Colts hope to stay at the dance past midnight. With a solid defense and an offense led by Quarterback Bert Jones-considered by many to be the best young passer in the pro ranks-they might well succeed...
...ticket with him. I thought about one second and said yes." That drew a laugh -Bob Dole has always drawn laughs, even growing up in Russell-but later, unexpectedly, his mood changed abruptly. "You can come from a small town in America and you do not need wealth to succeed," he was saying. "If I have done anything, it was because of what...