Philanthropy is not bound by a one-size-fits-all formula, or the need to prove immediate returns before the next election.
Tintin proved an immediate hit.
The robot proved an immediate hit, meeting and greeting customers as they arrive in the store.
The Coston flare proved an immediate success, from rivers deep inland to the high seas.
Seymour, who was a high-profile reporter and foreign correspondent at ITN in the 1960s and early 70s, became a novelist when Harry's Game proved an immediate success in 1975.
He had no particular ambition until, drafted into the RAF at 18, young Rex Coster joined the famous Gang Show (at the same time as Tony Hancock) and proved an immediate hit.
It proved an immediate hit: even today, it attracts 1.8m visitors a year and people are required to reserve a spot in advance.In this section Open for business America's focus group Mangled in Minnesota That 1988 thing Piling on Mr Bush On the trail Enter the dragon Bused-up ReprintsThe fiercely independent cave-owners blame Mammoth for many of their problems.
Her enthusiasm and warmth proved an immediate hit; 45 years later, her CV includes a 12-year stretch fronting one of the station's most popular programmes, the Sunday Night Request Show, five years as host of TV's "serious" pop show, the Old Grey Whistle Test, and hundreds of DJ gigs around the world.
In the case of Vanuatu, due to the atypical geography of the archipelago – stretched over 80 islands in the Pacific Ocean – assessing the extent of the damage proved the immediate challenge.
The innovative layout and styling of the 'i' proved an immediate critical and commercial success, exceeding Mitsubishi's initial sales targets by 20 percent and winning thirteen awards in its first year.
While the magazine was in competition with a number of rivals, most notably Spirou, famous for serialising the Lucky Luke and Buck Danny comics, it proved an immediate success, with 60,000 copies being sold in three days of its release.
