These incidents did not fail to poison the already heated political atmosphere.

The goals of the Nissan Revival Plan were all reached before March 31, 2002.

Strategies were successful because they worked at different levels and across different sectors.

The Robinson mission has succeeded in teaching more than 1.5 million people to read and write.

It is discouraging smoking. So now Philip Morris is demanding to be compensated for lost profits.

This problem should be addressed through training courses aimed at making public officers familiar with the reforms passed the Government.

The Tunisian, Egyptian, and Libyan revolutions had similar aims, and also overthrew their respective regimes within months.

Belarus has paid its third and last instalment due and has thus successfully settled all its outstanding assessed contributions.

In his home of Namibia, John Kasaona is working on an innovative way to protect endangered animal species giving nearby villagers responsibility for caring for the animals. And it's working.

The introduction of a deposit scheme for plastic bottles in Germany boosted the plastic recycling rate significantly.

The experiment was successful.

Mission accomplished.

After the Hussein administration was toppled by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the governments that succeeded it have now tried to establish relations with various nations.

Many countries have successfully used water tariff structures to promote water conservation and discourage waste, while meeting the needs of the poor.

The new plan worked well.

The new plan worked well.

Their strategy worked.

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It succeeded.

But did the company succeed?

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And an early test which argument elicited cooperative behavior from the people below about a hundred to one decided that this was the argument that worked best on us.

The campaign has succeeded and he has won the election.

Aid for health has worked.

Other countries have done so.

But Estonia kept its nerve.

Despite this, Indonesia has consolidated its democracy.

Singapore had successfully diversified its water supply sources and had shared its experience with the Maldives, where salt water had contaminated water supplies following the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Its public debt was almost eliminated.

This year, the strategy seems to be working.

China has pulled more than 680 million people out of poverty in the last three decades, leading a worldwide poverty decline of almost a billion people.

We were bluffing, but our bluff worked.

Texas successfully achieved independence and joined the United States.

Criminal groups have already succeeded in acquiring radioisotopes.

So here I had this Falcon, and it was lovely. It looked really great, the light worked on it really well, it was better than anything that I could achieve or obtain out in the world.

Chris Anderson gave this talk in 2002, prior to taking over leadership of TED. Founder Richard Saul Wurman was leaving, and TED's future was in the balance. He seeks to persuade TEDsters that what was then a for profit conference had a secure future as an idea based nonprofit endeavor.

There are few cases where diplomacy actually succeeded in preventing war.

It will soon become clear whether Erdoğan s visit succeeds.

The government has raised pensions and increased social support.

To their benefit, Latin American governments have applied the lessons of the past.

But the Scandinavian countries have shown that there is another way. Of course, government, like the private sector, must strive for efficiency.

Hundreds of millions of Chinese have been lifted out of poverty.

The Taliban are also extending their reach into neighboring Pakistan.

But back to the Dragon, which succeeded for a number of reasons.