"A voluntary 'two-child' population policy in Iran, for example, succeeded in halving fertility in eight years, as fast a rate of decrease as that of China, whose much-criticised one-child policy began in 1980". But Dr Guillebaud says the NHS must take much of the blame for not limiting unwanted teenage pregnancies.
For example, to succeed in psychology, a student must perform well in statistics.
Upping the balance of trade with Iran, for example, would succeed where sanctions would fail in getting Tehran to resign its membership of the axis of evil.
For example, to succeed in online learning, one must have a palpable measure of personal discipline that can be tested only by the experience of matriculation.
For example, he succeeded in pushing through a law establishing a four-to-one match in campaign funds for citywide elections.
It has not blossomed to become a major community force the way that black radio, for example, has succeeded, with its own networks and talk and music shows.
Altogether, 33.6m people are thought to be infected, nearly 70% of them in sub-Saharan Africa.Some developing countries Thailand, the Philippines, Brazil, Uganda, Senegal, for example—have succeeded in either reducing the number of infections or keeping them at a low level.
MySpace, for example, has succeeded where MP3.com failed because the big bands are on board and because the community aspect turns the former into a voyage of discovery, while the latter was a jumble of unknown bands.
For potential sponsors, the ability to engage with many thousands of runners (New York had 47,000 for example, who succeeded in a lottery that attracted a staggering 140,000) is superior to taking out what is effectively a billboard at an athletics meeting made of up 100 athletes and 25,000 fans for one night only.
The prospect of a new PJ Harvey record is always bound up with reinvention - the charged-up, polished rock of Stories from the City..., for example, was succeeded by the stripped-down grit that defined 2004's Uh Huh Her - but this album is pitched in virgin territory.
Critics suggest that the open-access publishing model encourages mediocre work, noting that PLoS, for example, has succeeded financially only because one of its journals collects fees on thousands of lightly reviewed papers a year.
