Word: succeeding
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...holds dramatic promise for advances in understanding and effectively treating the disease. Researchers hope eventually to sort out alcoholics according to the neurochemical bases of their addiction and treat them accordingly. "We are still trying to map out these neurochemical systems," says Edgehill Newport's Wallace. "If we succeed, then it is likely that we will be able to design treatments." A.A. and other groups may always be necessary to help alcoholics assess the psychological and emotional damage of chronic drinking, but there is hope that medicine may make the course to sobriety less perilous...
...countercharged that Ronald Reagan "has literally dismantled public education in this country." Last week, after saying "the mayor doesn't know what the hell he is talking about," Bennett went to tiny (pop. 350) Missouri City to pronounce its one-school, 85-pupil system a "miracle" in which "children succeed." Pleased but stunned by the contrasting assessment, Principal Jay Jackson says, "I wish Chicago the best of luck...
...doing,' " she explains. The range of book topics captures Simon's eclectic enthusiasms: an insightful chronicle of Abraham Lincoln's years in the Illinois legislature; a critique of Americans' disinterest in learning foreign languages; and a 1967 primer, written with Jeanne, a Roman Catholic, titled Protestant-Catholic Marriages Can Succeed. Several of his books capture Simon's earnest belief in self- improvement. A 1986 guide for young people, Beginnings, recommends these antidotes for loneliness: "walk through three stores . . . write a poem . . . take a shower...
...opposition movement in the country. Ben Ali displayed sound judgment when he reportedly intervened to prevent mass executions of the militants convicted in September. "He recognizes the danger of going too far," said one Western diplomat. An acknowledgment of limits will be an asset if Ben Ali is to succeed as the second President of the troubled North African nation...
...come here, we generously instruct them. The smartest Harvard students and professors rally to the cause. With clever phrases and melodious hymns we gracefully expose their abysmal dumbness and assert our intellectual primacy. In this way either we gently persuade them and borderline students into being smart or we succeed in keeping them and their dumb ideas away...