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Word: succeeds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Binyan's error is in thinking that the Tiananmen Square movement was wasted effort. International opinion was galvanized by the idea and image of non-violent students, gathered to express humanist ideals, bloodily crushed. If this movement is kept alive and if it eventually does succeed, the students of Tiananmen will rank among the historic martyrs of the world. Liu Binyan is right is saying that many things were and are lacking from the movement; he has potentially added a new dimension to the movement...

Author: By Jonathan F. Dresner, | Title: Defending Chinese Dissidents | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...from clear that the new drugs will succeed even in this limited way. None have been tested in a full-scale trial designed to mimic the conditions addicts encounter on the street. Buprenorphine, which is one of the furthest along in testing, is unlikely to receive approval before 1992. Scientists also readily concede that medical therapy fails to address the underlying psychological and social causes of drug abuse. Even if an addict is weaned from one drug, they say, he will very often take up another. A federal study released in August found that as many as 47% of patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Can Drugs Cure Drug Addiction? | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...seemed a bit stunned that Bush's overall proposals were so detailed and specific, not to mention numerous. After sitting silent during most of the lengthy presentation, the Soviet leader looked the President in the eye and told him, "I have heard you say that you want perestroika to succeed, but frankly I didn't know this. Now I know. Now I have something tangible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Turning Visions Into Reality | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

Financial woes are not the raiders' only big headache. Their past attacks have led U.S. companies to fortify anti-takeover defenses, making it harder for new raids to succeed. And the long Wall Street bull market has raised stock prices, leaving fewer targets for bargain-hunting buccaneers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raiders on The Run: The Big Comeuppance | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

Senior kicker Brian Kotz of the Harvard football team received the 1989 Gerry Nason Award for Senior Achievement, awarded by the Football Writers of New England "to the senior who has persevered against all odds to succeed in football...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Kotz Is Honored | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

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