More recently, officials have won plaudits for restructuring three banksthat defaulted without resorting to a state bailout.
Though Houston port officials have won the endorsement of the Galveston mayor, city council and the local economic development council, voters are evenly divided.
Officials have won what they believe to be the first successful prosecution under New York State's hate-crimes law approved last year, Charles J. Hynes, left, the Brooklyn district attorney, announced yesterday.
In November, a tribunal accepted opposition arguments that PRI officials had won a mayoral election in the capital of Hidalgo State, just north of Mexico City, by surreptitiously annulling 38 ballots cast in favor of Mr. Fox's party.
And after a protracted court battle, state officials have won permission to take Cookie from the Flikshtein home and place her in an animal rescue program at the Detroit Zoo.
Contentious negotiations have begun, with players miffed by the salary caps that NBA officials had won in previous contracts.
But Mr. Kerry, current and former administration officials say, has won growing respect from Mr. Obama, who has tended to keep his cabinet secretaries at arm's length and on a short leash.
"This is not fun to stand up here and say, 'We've got these problems.' " Although he has run into predictable opposition from Republican legislators and surprising opposition from several Democratic officials, he has won the support of political adversaries and major business leaders in the state.
In Chongqing a sweeping campaign against the city's mafia-like gangs and their official protectors has won Mr Bo many plaudits in the state-controlled press.
Officials sent Cavendish, who has won four stages at this year's Tour, to the back of that pack in the scoring.
