The time an Indian nomination to have achieved some success was in 2001 when global blockbuster Lagaan (Tax), starring Aamir Khan, made it to the top five.

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Bruce achieved some success as a more or less conventional comedian in the 1950s before he began extending the boundaries of what was considered acceptable material for night club comics.

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Tortorella, hired to replace Tom Renney with 21 games remaining in the 2008-09 season, achieved some success with the Rangers but couldn't match the Stanley Cup title he earned in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Some of this is due to the success those trade associations achieved in the courts, and the scary coverage that resulted.

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It has already chronicled several success stories of scientists who met via the social network and achieved some research breakthroughs.

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Enron, WorldCom, Qwest, etc. all were the result of companies that achieved their initial success through and IPO, only to meet with failure associated with fraud some years later.

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Some test samples of Katrina victims were sent to laboratories in November, and "ICMP achieved a 100 percent success rate in obtaining DNA profiles" of those samples, the commission said in its statement.

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