His wives (there were four, the present named Mary though her husband calls her Joan) protested successfully against his wish to have the five girls also named George.
In Peru Mr Ugaz sees hope in activism among students, who protested successfully against the appointment of unqualified candidates to the constitutional court and the ombudsman's office.
Two female members of parliament, Lynne Featherstone and Jo Swinson, have protested successfully to the ASA about the "socially irresponsible" use of airbrushed pictures of models.
Avert your eyes, if you must, as you pass the Body Shop and Dunkin' Donuts, but look for the Apollo Theater, still going strong after all these years, and the signs that mark the former locations of Blumstein's Department Store (where Harlemites protested, successfully, the lack of black employees in 1934) and the Hotel Theresa (where Castro stayed in 1960 and met with Khrushchev).
In Oakland, a city with a rich history of protest where thousands of protesters successfully shut down the port last month, the day went to plan, with Occupiers picketing the port in the morning and remaining in place for almost 24 hours.
BP worked with cultural institutions to manage legitimate protests and successfully urged the British Museum and National Portrait Gallery to send staff to a counter-terrorism training programme it had set up.
Following widespread rigging on election day, P.T.I. supporters — burgers hailing from posh backgrounds who have historically been apolitical — held protests and successfully obtained that another vote be held this past Sunday.
Our system under reported the initial wave of protests, but successfully captured a major uptick in late June.
The street protests that successfully ousted the country's corrupt leader one year ago set off a chain reaction that led to a confrontation with Russia, a terrible civil war, and the loss of more than 5,000 lives.
The only question is whether protest will successfully create meaningful forms of political participation and democratic control over economic decision-making.
