At the same time, after initial setbacks, Grant laid siege to Vicksburg and the Union navy attained some success in Charleston harbor.

A cappella music attained renewed prominence from the late 1980s onward, spurred by the success of Top 40 recordings by artists such as The Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin, Huey Lewis and the News, All-4-One, The Nylons, Backstreet Boys and Boyz II Men.

A large black hardcover, it was critically well received and attained a degree of commercial success.

Of Alexander, Alan Brooke felt that he needed an able chief of staff " to think for him ", while Montgomery ( Alexander's subordinate in Africa and Italy ) claimed to think of Alexander as " incompetent " and success was only attained in Tunisia only because Montgomery lent Brian Horrocks to organise the coup de grace.

Although remaining in development, and having attained a limited success in the niche of high-end computing, Intel had originally hoped to make Itanium a replacement for the original x86 architecture.

As a technical painter he attained remarkable success, his tone being very harmonious and even, but the effect, to a foreigner's eye, is rarely interesting.

Plautus attained such a popularity that his name alone became a hallmark of theatrical success.

His first solo album in 1974, Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, attained mainstream success.

The female leads in those films ( Olivia Hussey and Brooke Shields ) have attained far greater success in the industry.

Although these two factories were not altogether a success, the results attained greatly interested Napoleon, and in 1811 he issued a decree appropriating one million francs ($ 200, 000 ) for the establishment of sugar schools, and compelling the farmers to plant a large acreage to sugar beets the following year.

Low budget films such as the comedy / drama Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette, the gently satirical suburban comedy The Castle directed by Rob Sitch ( which cast Eric Bana in his first prominent film role ), and Baz Luhrmann's flamboyant Strictly Ballroom each attained commercial and critical success, and explored quirky characters inhabiting contemporary Australian suburbia-marking something of a departure from the Outback and historical sagas which obtained success in the 1970s and 1980s.

Lantana, directed by Ray Lawrence attained critical and commercial success in 2001 for its examination of a complex series of relationships in suburban Sydney, and events surrounding a mysterious crime.

This version, broadcast from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977, was a great success and attained cult status, being watched by adults for its dry humour as much as by the children for whom it was intended.

In 1855 Semper became a professor of architecture at the new school and the success of many of his students who attained success and renown served to ensure his international fame.

With Fassbinder ’ s greatest success, The Marriage of Maria Braun ( Die Ehe der Maria Braun ), he finally attained the popular acceptance he sought, even with German audiences.

However, the Old Salt Route attained its peak of success between the 12th and the 16th century.

The American lager was originally brewed as an imitation of the famous Bohemian original, but over time has developed its own identity and attained remarkable commercial success.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu ( formerly of Yothu Yindi ) has attained international success singing contemporary music in English and in the language of the Yolngu.

In the United States, Australian country music stars including Olivia Newton-John and Keith Urban have attained great success.

Many alumni of Rabbi Hutner's yeshiva have attained success as attorneys, accountants, doctors, and in information technology.

These are Ariane ( 1672 ) and the Le Comte d ' Essex ( The Earl of Essex ( 1678 )), in the former of which Rachel attained success.

The group attained pop success with their next album: 1979's We Are Family.

He attained unusual success, and his students subsequently reflected that he was a master of the human psyche and knew just which psychological buttons to press to give direction to his students ' lives.

The quality of a president's leadership is measured first by his success in building up the faculty.

The word `` binomial '' means `` of two names '' or `` of two terms '', and both usages apply in our work: the first to the names of the two outcomes of a binomial trial, and the second to the terms P and Af that represent the probabilities of `` success '' and `` failure ''.

The first singers who have had international success are Aissa Jermouni ( he sung at the Olympia in 1937 ) 307 and Ali Khencheli.

The commercial and critical success of this film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers.

His Elo rating shot from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973, when he shared second in the USSR Chess Championship, and finished equal first with Viktor Korchnoi in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament, with the latter success qualifying him for the 1974 Candidates Matches, which would determine the challenger of the reigning world champion, Bobby Fischer.

Their first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.

After the team had developed a method of purifying penicillin to an effective first stable form in 1940, several clinical trials ensued, and their amazing success inspired the team to develop methods for mass production and mass distribution in 1945.

Wilson's first success came during a business trip to Akron, Ohio, where he was introduced to Dr. Robert Smith, a surgeon and Oxford Group member who was unable to stay sober.

Salieri's first great success was in the realm of serious opera.

Armida was soon followed by Salieri's first truly popular success ; a commedia per musica in the style of Carlo Goldoni La fiera di Venezia ( The Fair of Venice ).

Upon returning to Vienna following his success in Paris, Salieri met and befriended Lorenzo Da Ponte and had his first professional encounters with Mozart.

Da Ponte would write his first opera libretto for Salieri, Il ricco d ' un giorno ( A Rich Man for a Day ) in 1784, it was not a success.

Three excerpts from Wozzeck were performed in 1924, and this brought Berg his first public success.

Because of the market success of the NES, companies chose to develop for it first and were thus barred from developing the same games on competing systems for two years.

At first selling slowly, it rapidly became a lasting success, and its appeal to English musicians had helped to make it widely known before World War I, when its themes struck a powerful chord with English readers.

After an initial success, his first line of cavalry, under the Imperial General of Horse, Prince Maximilian of Hanover, were pressed by the second line of Marsin's cavalry, and were forced back across the Nebel in confusion.

Carrie became a hit, the first genuine box-office success for De Palma.

Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.

He first produced a soluble phenol-formaldehyde shellac called " Novolak " that never became a market success, then turned to developing a binder for asbestos which, at that time, was molded with rubber.

The " H-H-L " team impressed Hollywood with its success ; as Life wrote in 1957, " fter the independent production of a baker's dozen of pictures it has yet to have its first flop ... ( They were also good pictures.

His first releases under his own name, " Booster Blues " and " Dry Southern Blues ," were hits ; this led to the release of the other two songs from that session, " Got the Blues " and " Long Lonesome Blues ," which became a runaway success, with sales in six figures.

The first column of Cniva's army, a detachment likely led by the chieftains Argaith and Gunteric, besieged Marcianopolis, without success it seems.

The Poles, encouraged by their success on the first day, deployed all their available cavalry.

By the middle of the decade, some of the 1950s generation of American comedians, such as Jerry Lewis, went into decline, while Peter Sellers found success with international audiences in his first American film The Pink Panther.

Writer / director Todd Solondz, a favorite cult director, had his first major success with the black comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse ( 1995 ), a brutally-honest look at the persecution of a young junior high student by her classmates.