And he has tackled health care reform in a way that previous Presidents have wanted to but never succeeded.

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The UAW has mounted union drives several times, but never succeeded, partly because King claims workers were intimidated by management actions.

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He never really succeeded, but neither has anyone else.

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Newbridge succeeded in finding new investors but could never fill the hole left by Gilbert's departure.

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But it is also a reminder that although English rebels (even Oliver Cromwell) never succeeded in achieving lasting revolutionary change (and rarely even wanted it), they helped make the modern British state what it is.

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