But the success voters want is tallied not by laws passed, but by wars won and prosperity enhanced.
And they don't seem to mind that this dogged thirst for winning, blessing, prosperity and power is completely antithetical to the gospel of Jesus.
But it resonates powerfully here because of Guangdong's hard-won prosperity.
Doesn't make them any better than the less-well-off black families; it just reminds me that there were bits of hard-won prosperity in diasporic black communities.
But the loss will go largely unrecognized by the general public because his work had been barred from publication for years, and he was systematically demonized as a traitor intent on subverting China's hard-won prosperity.
A Pariah, Living in Poverty For the last year, the hard-won prosperity of Mr. Shen and his wife has been steadily eroded.. Shortly after his disease was diagnosed, health and commerce officials in Suzhou forced Mr. Shen to close his beauty salon, informing him that "there was too much risk of him passing on his infection to clients," he said.
The outgoing president, José Mujica, led Uruguay through economic prosperity and won praise for laws on social issues such as the legalisation of marijuana and gay marriage.
With its promotion of social and economic liberalism as the road to harmony and prosperity, it won 17% of votes cast in 2009 and 22% at the last election a year ago, compared with 62% for the ANC.
Stockman Snr sees Stockman Jnr as an idealist eco-warrior who plans to wreck the town's economy on a whim, and destroy the hard won social stability and prosperity on which his mayoralty rests.
During the 70 years that Washington led many of these international institutions, half the world won national independence, economic prosperity spread, poverty declined, hunger receded, diseases were defeated, world war was indeed avoided, and human rights advanced.
