But on Monday, he finally did, as his onetime hero, benefactor and training success sat across from him in the courtroom.
(I would argue that Chris Christie is on the Giuliani-Huntsman trajectory while other candidates like Jeb Bush, the onetime Florida governor, might have more success in appealing to both moderate and conservative Republicans in 2016).
Prime Minister Mahathir, 74, a onetime country doctor, presided over a great Asian success story -- transforming a fractured, ethnically polyglot former British colony into a well-oiled economy.
There had been months of ominous silence in the Chinese media about the fairy tale success of Mr. Jin, 44, a onetime soldier who moved to the United States in 1985 received a Ph.D. in literature from Brandeis and writes in English, received the National Book Award for 1999 and this year's Pen/ Faulkner Award for "Waiting," his second novel.
The rappers 50 Cent and The Game surely never imagined that the line "the underdog's on top," from "Hate It or Love It," a gleeful rap about their own success, would capture the frustration of the onetime Iranian élite under the rule of backward mullahs.
For years, the onetime leader of a steelworkers' union had been portrayed as a success story from the industrial working class, an automobile factory worker who was elected president on his fourth try.
For an overactive thyroid, which produces too much hormone, there are three options: radioactive iodine, a onetime oral treatment that destroys the gland; antithyroid drugs, which have a success rate of 1 out of 3; or surgery to remove the gland.
A onetime child actor whose career took him from the vaudeville stage to decades of success in the studio system, Mr. Sidney directed a string of hits for MGM in the 1940's and 50's, including a portion of "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946) and all of "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), "Show Boat" (1951) and "Kiss Me Kate" (1953).
Although the Defense Department and Global Crossing say there was nothing inappropriate about the way the bid was handled, the company's success in navigating the Pentagon's procurement system illustrates how Global Crossing, a onetime stock market wonder that filed for bankruptcy protection last month, became a formidable player in Washington.
Along with Leslie Caron and her onetime rival, Zizi Jeanmaire, Ms. Montevecchi was part of a generation of performers who leveraged ballet success in France into wider popularity.
The trial featured the testimony of Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano, Gotti's onetime second-in-command, whom Gleeson recruited as a government witness and used to great success.
