Word: succeeding
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...benefits most from this war of words? Fidel and his brother Raúl Castro, who is likely to succeed him. With plenty of material support from Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, the embargo is not so painful as it once was, and heated U.S. rhetoric only bolsters their image at home as the island's anti-Yanqui defenders...
...party's direction now depends largely on who is picked to succeed Foot. Healey, whom polls show to be Labor's most popular figure, would like to make one last try for the post, but union leaders have judged him too old. Tony Benn, longtime Laborite leftist and prime architect of the party's disastrous manifesto, planned to make a run, but his unexpected loss last week knocked him out of the race. Among the remaining moderates, the leading contenders are Roy Hattersley, Labor's spokesman for domestic affairs, and Peter Shore, shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Hattersley, who helped...
...disappointing note, having dropped a 7-2 decision to rival Yale on Wednesday night, the fourth-seeded host may have the fight to surprise some opponents. Harvard seems to have come to embrace the underdog role—but it will have to do more than that to succeed on this big a stage...
...group came at No. 2 with freshman Alisha Mashruwala going down 9-3, 9-1, 2-9, 9-0. Behind 4-2 heading into the final three matches, the Crimson knew that it had to win all of them. However, only injured captain Supriya Balsekar was able to succeed. Playing down in the No. 7 spot, the senior came out with a convincing three game victory in which she only dropped three points. Facing the Bulldogs’ Miranda Ranieri, perhaps the top college player in the country, Harvard freshman No. 1 June Tiong managed to win a game...
...McCain are part of a secret plan. You are making yourself McCain's biggest helper by attacking him. Well, it's not a secret plan. Look, I've been fascinated, honestly, Jay, with the attention paid to me by people who really have not undertaken to understand how I succeed, how I define my success. I don't define my success by who wins elections, because politicians are going to come and go, and I'm going to be around as long as I choose to be. It just amazes me. So I thought I'd have some fun with...