Search Details

Word: succeeding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Senate is a lousy launching pad for sainthood, a place of compromise and backslaps, of hidden doors that lead to gilded rooms where the real work gets done. To succeed is to succumb, often to the courtship of big-ticket donors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting McCain to the Ethics Test | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

...delivered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia was an artfully reasoned treatise on race and rancor in America, the most memorable speech delivered by any candidate in this campaign and one that has earned Obama comparisons to Lincoln, Kennedy and King. But that doesn't mean it will succeed in its more prosaic mission of appealing to voters who have their doubts about Obama and his preacher. It left unanswered a crucial question: What attracted Obama to Wright in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Origin of Obama's Pastor Problem | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

McCain pleased his Israeli hosts by pledging support, if elected President, to help Israel in its struggle against Islamic militants Hamas and Hizballah and Iran. "If Hamas and Hizballah succeed here, they are going to succeed everywhere," McCain told reporters after meeting with Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. "They are dedicated to the extinction of everything that the U.S., Israel and the West believe and stand for." He also met President Shimon Peres and was supposed to tour Sderot, a southern Israeli town often targeted by rockets from Gaza militants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Holy Land Pilgrimage | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...succeed in Iraq If we were to end this military involvement in a careful way, where we bring our troops out safely, that is the only scenario where the countries around that area will come together to try to provide stability. They will never do it in a situation where they perceive a non-Islamic occupation of Iraq. They can't do it. The regimes around there - Kuwait, Jordan, Iran, and Syria and others - can't afford to help in a situation where they're perceived as helping an illegitimate occupation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sen. Russ Feingold — Democrat | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...succeed The most important thing as a parliamentarian, the most important thing after securing the area is the service - giving service to people, electricity. Improving the basic services to people. The humanitarian [effort], water supply, making sure to make any effort to bring the people that have been misplaced because of the terror attacks back to their homes because this will help in the reconciliation process. When you have the people back to their area, they will feel back to normal. These issues have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Layla Alkhafaji — Iraqi Parliament | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

Previous | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | Next