Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demonstrators, however, did not succeed in getting the charges dismissed, as they had hoped...
...Hernandez--defense attorney for most of the group, four chose to represent themselves- said after the arraignment that he would begin proceedings to get the charges dismissed before February 12, the date set for the trial. Calling the charge "flack and without meaning," Hernandez expressed optimism that he would succeed and claimed that the law was on the demonstrators' side...
...Washington for nearly four days to prepare the reply to Tehran's latest demand for the release of 52 American hostages-the infamous $24 billion "guarantee" that President Carter had angrily and accurately described as "ransom." Nonetheless, Administration officials decided that a final offer just might succeed. The U.S. negotiators placed two hopes on the latest effort: first, that a suitable formula could still be found for satisfying Iran's demands for financial guarantees; second, that the Iranians would prefer to strike an eleventh-hour deal with Carter than take their chances with the incoming Reagan Administration...
...burden of judging him entirely on others, and since he is wholly without self-puffery, the judgment is almost always favorable. He simply appeals to people, and despite his years, there is hardly anyone of any age who would not feel protective of him, would not wish him to succeed, would not forget the mistakes, who would not corral him in the hall and give him a job. Again this is not a tactic. It may well be his soul...
...aides. "The only difference is that he feels personally accountable for those 52 lives." Indeed, since his defeat in the November election, Carter has devoted much of his time to the technical details of the negotiations with Iran through Algerian middlemen. He had hoped that he might yet succeed in freeing the Americans and give his presidency something of an upbeat finale. Explained the aide: "This happened on our watch, and we all would have liked to write an end to it on our watch...