One wonders, as well, which social programs for the poor funded by Washington Stern would cite for having successfully helped the poor.

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It is the right place to honor a man who so faithfully defended our freedom, and so successfully helped extend the blessings of liberty to millions around the world.

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Thompson received a second opinion from specialist Ricky Nelson, who successfully helped England props Jason Leonard and Phil Vickery with neck and back problems, but the original prognosis was confirmed.

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Lee Bailey, who helped successfully defend Simpson against charges he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.

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The governor praised Mr Clements' track record, saying he had found ways of improving prison safety and setting up programmes that helped offenders reintegrate successfully after leaving prison.

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This diversity has helped southern California withstand the recession more successfully than San Francisco, which bet so heavily on the Internet.

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The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, which began a little more than 10 years ago in response to the Bush administration's plan to build hundreds of coal-fired power plants, has successfully opposed the vast majority of proposed new plants and helped to retire 130 of the dirtiest, most-polluting existing coal plants in the United States.

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Under Iger Disney successfully acquired Pixar and Marvel, two important movie-making entities, and helped get Disney back on track.

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