And just like that, Mr. Moran had won over another American fan.
Amityville pulled out the victory, but James had won over the crowd.
All 12 had won over at least three miles, and faced fences a minimum of 10 times.
Barbara Cassani, an American whose charm and determination had won over many sceptics, resigned as head of the team when the shortlist was announced.
Mr. Pataki ran as a governor who had won over unions, Hispanics and New York City residents, while supporting health care and environmental programs.
By that time she had won over her critics and, I hope, shamed the vicious interviewers who seemed at one point to knife her at every turn.
Though some reports suggested soon after the 6 March meeting that he had won over the assembled staff, I was told the opposite.
They visited nearly a dozen members of Congress, and by Tuesday afternoon they and their allies had won over a handful of Republicans, among them Representative Christopher H.
After he tried to answer their concerns in a conciliatory Commons statement on 26 November, government whips sensed he had won over about half the 30 Conservative MPs who voted against bombing Syria in 2013.
At the peak of its popularity in 2007, Willcom had won over business users with an array of smart-phone models, like its W-Zero series, the first in Japan to use a Windows operating system.
But the commission initially allowed only one week for public comment, instead of the typical 30 days, and questions began to mount about how Mr. Falcone had won over regulators.
