Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would have continued to succeed in saving lives, had he lived...
...said the independent trade union movement would not abandon its efforts to form a government. Kaczynski said Kiszczak was trying to "make it...very difficult, if not impossible" for Solidarity to form the government, but that he did not think that the proposal of Malinowski for prime minister would succeed...
Nothing better illustrated the endlessness of the hostage dilemma than the threat that Joseph Cicippio would quickly succeed Higgins as the next dangling man. No sooner had the videotape of Higgins' body been released to news agencies in Beirut than a countdown began toward the execution of Cicippio, 58, kidnaped three years ago from the campus of the American University of Beirut. Cicippio's last-minute reprieve was accompanied by a threat that the clock could be set ticking again. His captors demanded that Israel free not only Obeid but also unspecified Palestinians and Lebanese guerrillas. "Acceptance should be announced...
Reality: Few military ventures succeed exactly as planned. While the plan calls for a quick kidnapping, no contingency apparently is made for the Lebanese neighbor who ventures out of his home to investigate and is fatally shot...
Particularly outstanding performances--in an excellent cast--are given by Lee and Danny Aiello, who plays Sal, the owner of the pizza shop. Both succeed in their very human and confused portrayals of characters torn in many directions...