Sentence examples for successfully pressed for from inspiring English sources

It successfully pressed for Steve Ballmer, the now ex-chief executive, to quit because of an underperforming share price.

When he was an Illinois state senator, President Obama successfully pressed for the videotaping of homicide interrogations and confessions.

The United States successfully pressed for the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution last December that authorized such "hot pursuits" by international navies.

The Democratic Study Group successfully pressed for another reform that the report had recommended: changing the makeup of committees to favor the majority party.

They also successfully pressed for the construction of housing to replace what was lost, as well as a new fire station near the new train station.

Later, as president, Mr. Clinton successfully pressed for an overhaul of the federal welfare system and famously, if prematurely, declared, "The era of big government is over".

The War Graves Commission successfully pressed Israel for $150,000 compensation for damage to graves in one of the Gaza cemeteries after an army operation there in 2006.

She successfully pressed parliament for decent educational provision for invalid children.

He vehemently denied those allegations, and repeatedly and often successfully pressed publications for corrections.

President Clinton successfully pressed his campaign for zero tariffs on Information Age technology, first at the meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders in Manila late last month, and then at the meeting of the World Trade Organization in Singapore two weeks ago.

Their bold protest set off a wave of teacher walkouts and protests that reached a half-dozen other states by year's end, including Oklahoma and Arizona, where teachers successfully pressed state lawmakers for a raise.