succeed
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He took it as proof that force, used decisively, could succeed where decades of diplomacy had failed.
“Iran was sure that this psychological pressure works, that by scaring the Arab monarchs it can succeed. But, it looks like, this time around, the situation may be different.”
Few of these efforts succeeded, but all contain lessons for Mr. Vance:
Two of the most often rumored candidates to succeed Khamenei come with baggage.
More recent CDT approaches have also succeeded in generating singlet oxygen inside tumors.
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