Last summer, after Mr Murakami announced that he had bought a large stake, Mr Takano gave a rare interview to the Japanese press, in which he had this to say: "Our cash on hand is the result of steady efforts over 50 years.
And I had witnessed his steady efforts to improve Sino-American ties".
The communiqué also committed to "vigorous yet steady efforts" to restructure the political system.
But Mr. Khodorkovsky's steady efforts to win access to other influential Americans have paid off.
The attacks also come amid cautious but steady efforts by India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to restart peace talks with Pakistan, which collapsed following the 2008 assault.
I remember his steady efforts on behalf of an act that set aside thousands of acres of Wyoming for special protection.
The Protestant Reformation, assisted by the spread of printing, built on the banned 14th-century English manuscript translation by John Wycliffe, and made steady efforts to disseminate the Word in intelligible form.
But in Seoul, Pyongyang's acceptance of a summit meeting is seen by many as a logical next step in a progression of extremely cautious but steady efforts to open the North Korean economy to foreign capital.
Thus, we consider that a nationwide firm tended to achieve increased financial performance by steady efforts.
The success is supported by the steady efforts of many researchers.
