But he has succeeded only because his campaign has been so single-minded.
On a later trip, U.S. Border Patrol Agents caught and returned him to Mexico but he later succeeded in entering the United States and benefitted from the aftermath of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, signed by President Ronald Reagan, which gave legal status to many undocumented immigrants.
But he has nonetheless succeeded in portraying Mr Blair as the emasculator of Parliament and himself as its defender and champion.
He had tried to advance in this way, but had not succeeded, and so he had retreated into the muteness they expected, and perhaps preferred.
Dr Williams was skilled in addressing those questions, but few would claim that he succeeded in his aim.
Perhaps he succeeded, but at a horrible cost.
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His support team desperately fought to pull off the trailing hose but by the time they had succeeded he was in 18th spot and dead last.
But he can step back knowing that he succeeded in turning a shaky bank into a business attractive enough to become the object of a struggle between two ambitious firms.
He succeeded not because of his ideology but, to some extent, in spite of it.
But he declared himself available for selection under Levein, who succeeded Burley at the end of last year.
Sir Walter features on notes issued by the Bank of Scotland - not just because he was a brilliant writer (though he most certainly was), but because his currency campaign succeeded.
He succeeded in having the safety issue put aside, but in 2002 the federal appeals court in St Louis ruled that he could be forcibly doped solely to make him competent to stand trial on the original fraud charges.
Chou might have tried and succeeded in getting the interest of a traditional publisher, but after he did the math, he decided against it.
"I do not want to say that Pope Benedict XVI did not understand this, but for him this generation is remote and it is probably better if he is succeeded by someone from the younger generation, " he said.
And he has tackled health care reform in a way that previous Presidents have wanted to but never succeeded.
Obama has made it clear that he thinks this is unfair, but what would really be unfair is if the White House succeeded in reducing rates through governmental force.
He was to have been succeeded this summer by Giovanni Agnelli's dashing nephew, but the young man died tragically of cancer last December.
He said the new policy had "succeeded in changing the label on the box", but added that "much of the original content remains".
President Obama has succeeded in improving standards for vehicle emissions and supported green energy investment, but for many people he simply hasn't gone far enough.
He drifted into the box to get on the end of a free-kick from Dow but only succeeded in heading over the top in a good position.
He succeeded only too well: both General Motors and Ford are building new factories near Porto Alegre, but on terms that have turned out to be political suicide for Mr Brito.
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