Actually, he means succeeding in the movie business.
A study by Maria Stephan and Erica Chenoweth in the journal International Security found that between 1900 and 2006, movements that used nonviolent means succeeded 53 percent of the time, while violent resistance campaigns succeeded only 26 percent of the time.
Or the cricket-loving native of India who congratulates his American colleague on "breaking his duck," a cricket term that means succeeding at something for the first time, but leaves his co-worker wondering, "Break my what?" In turn, the Indian may draw a blank when his American co-worker applauds him for hitting a homer after closing that lucrative deal.
Whilst the tephrochronological analysis at Ahrenshöft LA 58D by no means succeeded in providing a directly useful isochron for the considerably more ancient human occupation at the site, it did demonstrate that even open-air sites with shallow stratigraphies can yield fairly intact tephra deposits.
Communication in this study means succeeding in conveying both information and emotional support to the parents while being responsive to their needs.
In an acclaimed article in the Lancet in 2004, Manandhar and colleagues reported on a study conducted in Nepal, which, by simple means, succeeded in reducing the risk of neonatal death by 30% (OR 0.70) over a two-year period [ 19].
There was an amusing cartoon about it in the newspaper, with an eagle wearing a top hat and sitting on a broken house, and Mary Todd saying, "I thought they meant succeed!" I am not getting it exactly right, but it was very droll.
Emulating the continental spread of Starbucks -- which has more than 2,800 outlets worldwide and which last year had $1.7 billion in sales -- will mean succeeding where other coffee chains have failed, analysts warn.
He has the means to succeed.
