Chelsea merited this success, even if it was squeezed out late and with the visitors, disrupted by the thigh injury which forced their debutant, André Ayew, from the fray, justifiably bemoaning the leniency of the officialdom.
The robot assistants have made a large contribution to this success, even though some production jobs have been lost.
"This makes our success even better because it was the most difficult competition for us, having to beat four teams who have qualified for the World Cup," Shawki Gharib, an assistant coach, said.
Only a few years ago, Cape Town, the country's most cosmopolitan city, lost its bid to play host to the 2004 Summer Olympics, and South Africa was determined to make this effort a success, even dispatching the former president Nelson Mandela to Zurich for some last-minute lobbying of FIFA board members.
But that "best of" buzz draws our attention away from a more important, more significant, more consequential point related to this picture's success, even while underscoring in a way just why success would mean so much more than a trophy.
Support from international partners is rapidly increasing in West Africa – goodwill is abundant – and this is essential for success, even though President Obama declared this week that the world "is not doing enough" to combat the disease.
As the authors put it, "Success breeds success even if successful entrepreneurs were just lucky.
Dr Anthony Fauci of the NIH told the BBC: "On safety and on the ability to produce an appropriate immune response we can call this trial an unqualified success, even though it was an early Phase One trial".
"On safety and on the ability to produce an appropriate immune response we can call this trial an unqualified success, even though it was an early Phase One trial," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the BBC.
"The category might be softening, but if you can tap into a core of readers, then you can have a success even in this marketplace," Mr. Jurmain said.
Mr. Obama's success even to this point calls that into question, just as Mr. McCain's triumph in the Republican primaries raises doubts about the putative sway of religious conservatives within — and beyond — his party.
