Sentence examples for successfully urged from inspiring English sources

They have successfully urged that the Department of Homeland Security take the leading role in cybersecurity.

It was a master stroke by Democrats, who successfully urged quick action lest the unruly Republicans stop the vote.

Once he came back from the site, Mr. Tacon successfully urged the premier to restrict public access to the cave.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State Representative Thomas C. Slater, who successfully urged legalizing medical marijuana in Rhode Island, died Monday at his home in Providence.

Fitzgerald had successfully urged the F.B.I. to publish the Unabomber's "manifesto" — a rambling thirty-five-thousand-word declaration of the perpetrator's philosophy.

In the lower courts, the Justice Department successfully urged the imposition of the harsher sentence called for by the old law.

But in time he became influential as both photographer and conservationist, successfully urging that federal protection be extended to more of the region he loved.

When, as a mother of two young children in her early thirties, she has largely abandoned her writing, he successfully urges her to take it up again.

BAGHDAD — Shiite clerics and politicians have been successfully urging their followers not to retaliate against a fierce campaign of sectarian bombings, in which Shiites have accounted for most of the 566 Iraqis killed since American troops pulled out of Iraq's cities on June 30.

More recently, he has led campaigns against Nike, persuading the company to improve conditions for foreign factory workers, and against Starbucks, successfully urging the chain to sell coffee produced under the TransFair "fair trade" label, which claims profits are shared with farmers.

He is best known for successfully urging Bush Sr. to accept the speedy reunification of Germany despite apprehension from some European leaders.