Sydney, host in 2000, didn't have much of a plan when its games ended but has made a success of its Olympic quarter, built like London's on deindustrialised land.
He has also made a success out of fostering comedy actors and writers, often at the beginning of their careers.
The system, in other words, can work, even if it does not always do so. (That is hardly unusual anywhere: for all its speed in authorising power stations, China has hardly made a success of health care lately.) On the biggest worry of all, the budget, it may well take a crisis to force action, but Americans have wrestled down huge deficits before.
The simplicity and speed of receiving financial assistance during a time of grief has made it a complete success.
Lebo says that it is the combination of the African spirit with a global story line that has made the show such a success.
The British squash player Peter Nicol - who has represented Scotland and England - has a level of success that would have made Tim Henman not so much a superstar as a national god.
Rather than continuing to spend energy and investment on raw technology development, it created a program building on the innovations of others, providing then the true value add of integration, design and branding that has made each product extension a success.
The enthusiasm of blog readers has made such a difference to the success of The Happiness Project.
Nokia has deep device skills, sees smartphones success as a strategic imperative, and has made a big commitment to the Windows Mobile platform.
Their early foray into a non-existent, still-emerging field (back when the Internet was still in dial-up mode) has made the company a two-fold super success.
"This is an unparalleled opportunity to showcase what has made the Resorts World brand a globally recognized success for the past several decades, " CEO KT Lim said in a statement.
Overall, the numbers seem to prove that the investment MLS has made is an overwhelming success, and a blueprint for other sports looking to gain market share in the American sports landscape.
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But their success in AP has made them a political target large numbers of voters owe them money.
Success has not made Glock, a highly secretive and taciturn man, any more trusting of the people around him.
LightSquared, the new kid on the block, is planning an IPO but has almost no chance of success going forward (there has never been a wireless services wholesaler that has made money), and the smaller network operators are struggling for survival.
The success of its speculations has made it a favorite among, wait for it, speculators.
Federer's route to a second success in Estoril has been made easier by the withdrawal of Croatian second seed Ivan Ljubicic, who has pulled out due to the stomach strain that ended the world No. 14's campaign in Rome.
"Tesco's success has made it immensely powerful - a position that it is clearly abusing by putting small traders out of business and killing off local high streets, bullying suppliers, and damaging the environment through its never ending demand for cheap food, " said Sandra Bell, the group's food and farming campaigner.
Petraeus's success in Iraq has made him something of a hero with congressional leaders in both parties.
Sunil Mittal has made Delhi's Bharti Enterprises a shining example of entrepreneurial success: he was the first to bring portable generators into India, and proceeded to import the country's first push-button telephones.
This success has made Wikipedia the most famous example of a wider wiki phenomenon.
By contrast, it's a lack of star power that has made the Leafs' recent success that much more surprising.
At least it does for me, as I believe the recent success of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell has made us, as a nation of readers, warmer toward our Scandinavian neighbors.
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Wells has made changes too, but he took a less technical view of the group's success.
The franchising industry has made a concerted effort over the past several years to find employment for veterans, with some solid success.
Zidane remains a modest, even shy, man and has explained the reasons behind his success that made him the 1999 Fifa World Player of the Year.
But while those two have gone on on to Ryder Cup success, Storm has made four trips to the tour qualifying school and even worked in a cream cake factory four years ago.
To stretch a bit, one might even say that the success of U.S. finance has made the real, or goods, sectors less competitive internationally.
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