Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such a goal will be to achieve, it is easier to imagine Gorbachev moving in that direction than any of his predecessors, or any of his would-be successors. Largely for that reason, it is in the interests of the U.S. for him to remain in office and succeed in his program, as long as he is demonstrably seeking to ameliorate the repressiveness of Soviet policies at home and abroad. However, it would be premature and imprudent to admit the Soviet Union into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, not to mention the International Monetary Fund, as some Democrats...
...wife of 28 years, two sons and a daughter are all rigorously shielded from outside prying. It is also true that during his nearly two years as N.L. president, Giamatti has attracted extraordinary press coverage, considerably more during the same period than Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, whom he will succeed...
Only three Presidents in this century have had the opportunity to campaign for their Vice President to succeed them. Dwight Eisenhower passed up the opportunity to exert himself on behalf of Richard Nixon, who lost in 1960. Lyndon Johnson was not asked to campaign for Hubert Humphrey, and he lost too. This time both the President and his Vice President feel they have something to gain by sticking together...
...dissecting a candidate's military career is fair game because it is scrutinizing part of a public service. And asking whether a candidate abused the system to succeed is a good gauge of his respect for rules and equity...
...financially comatose American Savings and Loan Association (assets: $30.8 billion) of Stockton, Calif. If he can turn American Savings around, Bass, like many other new owners who have paid fire- sale prices for their S and Ls, stands to earn an enormous profit. The deal seems virtually guaranteed to succeed: as part of the rescue, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board pledged a record $2 billion to help prop up American Savings...