Sentence examples for ago succeeded from inspiring English sources

Tobacco companies fought the bill, but not with the kind of full-court press that, until a few years ago, succeeded in blocking nearly every bill they disliked.

But the cyclists who fought for access to the park more than a century ago succeeded only by changing the definition of their two-wheelers, putting them in the same legal category as carriages and, later, cars.

Penn, who four years ago succeeded Morris as Bill Clinton's political sounding board, sees the electorate's center not as a beige clump of moderates but as an array of distinct slices, each susceptible to a nuanced political appeal.

They are allied, not neutral, observers.Susan Tifft and Alex Jones are as affronted by the idea that maximising shareholder wealth should be the aim of a well-managed business, as is Arthur Sulzberger Jr, who two years ago succeeded his father, Arthur ("Punch") Sulzberger, as the family's grand panjandrum.

Mr. Zannino joined Dow Jones as chief financial officer 17 months ago, succeeding Jerome H. Bailey, who had become the company's main cheerleader on Wall Street.

Ms. Gibbs, who started at Time as a fact-checker 28 years ago, succeeds Richard Stengel, who is leaving to work for the State Department after seven years in the job.

A programmer can only try, and Aaron (whom I know a little we met at a panel discussion at UnionDocs a few years ago) succeeds at a good rate.

Three summers ago, ABC succeeded wildly with the quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and altered the television landscape in the process.

When, two months ago, Benítez succeeded Steve McClaren, he had 10 games to keep Newcastle in the Premier League and, justifiably, fancied his chances.

Twelve months ago I succeeded Sir Bernard Ingham as Secretary of the Supporters of Nuclear Energy (SONE), a pro-nuclear lobby group which has been advocating the benefits of nuclear power for the past 20 years - to little or no avail.

South Koreans were reminded of the fate of these so-called separated families on Friday, when their news media reported that a fisherman they said had been kidnapped and taken to the North decades ago had succeeded in fleeing the country and was about to return home.