It's an organisation that has managed its brand extraordinarily well.
"Here is a successful program that has managed to keep politics out, that has managed to work with conservationists, hunters, all kinds of people".
Bayern Munich in Germany is another team that has managed to combine financial prudence with success.
"They're the only Mexican act that has managed to do so".
"That's one of the technologies that has managed to survive, despite everything," he marvels.
It's an idea that has managed to unite an eclectic mix of left and rightwing voices.
Although a playoff spot is far from secure, the Rockets are one team that has managed to outstrip preseason expectations.
This is a party that has managed to chew through six chiefs since the establishment of the Holyrood parliament.
One oil company that has managed to do this well, Mr. Altschul said, is Chevron, part of ChevronTexaco.
"I struggle to think of somewhere similar to Magaluf that has managed to rebrand itself," Atkinson tells me.
So far the only bank that has managed this to a significant degree has been the Royal Bank of Scotland.
