They tenaciously faced down a violent campaign of intimidation, moved from direct action to advocacy, and ended up winning not only access to the ponds but a series of legal and policy changes that benefited all fishing families.
"He signed onto the legislation only after winning several changes that benefited Boston-based State Street Corp. and Springfield-based MassMutual.
The people involved in the Oregon track and field program have led changes that benefited professional athletes and coaches, as well as running enthusiasts.
However, the prime minister, who has problems of his own with the law, has made certain changes that benefit us.
So let's begin to think outside the standard gloom-and-doom mentality to make systemic, positive environmental changes that benefit multiple interests.
"We have changed a lot because the world has changed, but what remains the same is our commitment to changes that benefit the excluded majority," Senator Jose Mujica, leader of the Tupamaro faction, said in an interview here.
It's about having the courage to implement and execute meaningful policy changes that benefit the citizenry -- in the face of deep pockets trying to persuade you to do otherwise.
If the work culture suggests that work must come first, even low-impact changes that benefit parents feel hard to ask for — and if no one at work talks about family, the message comes through loud and clear.
"I want to be seen as the prime minister of all Kosovo's citizens, Serb and Albanian," he said in an interview on April 7. His primary challenge, he said, is to persuade Kosovo's Albanian leaders and government officials to make changes that benefit the Serbs, rather than just pay lip service to foreign demands for multiethnicity.
Shawn McCarthy, director of the League of Fans, a program of the Center for Study of Responsive Law, which was founded by Ralph Nader, said, "Naturally I'm skeptical when professional sports leagues are lobbying Congress for changes that benefit them financially, especially considering all of the taxpayer handouts these leagues have received over the past 15 or so years".
In an interview at home after the verdict, Anwar described Malaysia's "need to tackle corruption, unemployment [and create] changes that benefit the civil service, quality education", and his coalition's "plans to provide the people with all this when we take over Putrajaya [Malaysia's administrative capital]".
