Sentence examples for pushed successfully from inspiring English sources

Then diaspora pressure, via America, pushed successfully for Armenian membership.

He pushed successfully for the suspension of impending trade talks, which was more than expected.

He pushed successfully for several pragmatic policies, including direct negotiations with the Taliban.

Mr. Badillo pushed successfully to remove remedial courses from CUNY's 11 senior colleges, saying that they dragged down the quality of instruction and of the student body.

First, in 1995, the group of lawmakers and lawyers pushed successfully for legislation that shielded companies and their accountants from investor lawsuits.

She pushed successfully for a state law making kindergarten mandatory for 5-year-olds — giving thousands of poor and minority children a better start on their educations.

Murdoch's company has been pushing, successfully, to get local US television stations to pay retransmission fees for News's Fox broadcast network.

OVER the last year, investors in closed-end funds have been pushing successfully for measures like stock buybacks and dividend increases to bolster the market value of their holdings.

And the speaker preserved the Legislature's cherished spending on pet projects, pushing successfully for $170 million for members to dole out in district spending, leaving that pool of money essentially untouched, despite the fiscal crisis.

Evangelicals have become the new internationalists, pushing successfully for new American programs against AIDS and malaria, and doing superb work on issues from human trafficking in India to mass rape in Congo.

More recently, her team has helped push — successfully — for state and local increases in the minimum wage, staking out territory in a debate that isn't going away. 5.