On the demand side, the rapid success resulted from a growing need in the developing world for armaments.

Negotiations continued in the years after 1974 with varying degrees of regularity and success, but none resulted in a full reunification.

After the Panthers ' success in 1996, Capers led the Panthers through two disappointing seasons: a 7 – 9 season in 1997, and a 4 – 12 season in 1998 which resulted in Capers being fired after four seasons with the team.

There was some commercial success on Sun SPARC workstations in the publishing world, but this approach resulted in isolating the product to narrow market opportunities.

The repulsion of the Spanish Armada ( 1588 ) by the English fleet revolutionized naval warfare by the success of a guns-only strategy and caused a major overhaul of the Spanish Navy, partly along English lines, which resulted in even greater dominance by the Spanish.

The success of Pong resulted in Bushnell pushing his employees to create new products.

Despite this apparent success the underlying problems remained unresolved and had already resulted in the death or serious injury of 30, 000 civilians.

The success of these programs is often attributed to an emphasis on safety and education that has resulted in an unprecedented scholastic and collegiate athletic safety record.

This resulted in the Firmin-produced characters looking like they were short in one leg, but the success of the production provided the foundation for Postgate and Firmin to start up their own company solely producing animated children's programmes.

) In spite of the LP's success, soon after its release a contractual dispute with their label, Virgin Records, saw XTC go " on strike " from 1992 through 1998, which finally resulted in the termination of their contract.

The operations never resulted in success and had ignited a gruesome insurgency that Khan was unable to tackle down with complete force.

The success of Zorba the Greek in 1964 was the high water mark of his career and resulted in another Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

The success of this exhibition resulted in the incorporation of The Society of Arts and Crafts, on June 28, 1897, with a mandate to " develop and encourage higher standards in the handicrafts.

The " Oberlin stove " was a refinement of the technique that resulted in a size reduction ; it was patented in the U. S. in 1834 and became a commercial success with some 90, 000 units sold over the next 30 years.

The success of rubber plantations in French Indochina resulted in an increase in investment in the colony by various firms such as Michelin.

" Hoping to translate his North American success into success back in Turkey, resulted in the hit single, " Turkish Girls.

The exceptional success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz resulted in the creation of many sequels.

The success of Silver City's Lympne — Le Touquet air ferry service resulted in subsequent introduction of additional routes across the English Channel and to other parts of the British Isles.

These shortcomings, coupled with the great success of Half-Life, resulted in SiN not achieving as much success as the developers had hoped, although it did attain a moderate amount of sales during the 1998 Christmas period.

This resulted in operas such as Der Rosenkavalier ( 1911 ) having great public success.

The VasClip method had a higher cost and resulted in lower success rates.

This resulted in a very dedicated relatively young employee base who spent most of their waking hours ensuring Convex's success.

The policy of providing incentives for development has resulted in the setting-up of industrial zones, some of which ( Vasto, Avezzano, Carsoli, Gissi, Val Vibrata, Val Sangro ) have made genuine progress, while others ( Val Pescara, L ' Aquila ) have run into trouble after initial success.

The success of The Godfather Part II began the Hollywood tradition of numbered sequels.

Also due to the great box office success of this film, Toho was convinced to build a franchise around the character of Godzilla and started producing sequels on a yearly basis.

The slasher films A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween and Child's Play all saw sequels in the 1990s, most of which met with varied amounts of success at the box office, but all were panned by fans and critics, with the exception of Wes Craven's New Nightmare ( 1994 ) and the hugely successful Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ).

Several sequels to Super Mario Kart have been released, for consoles, handhelds and in arcades, each enjoying critical and commercial success.

As well as several sequels Nintendo has released numerous other sporting and non-sporting Mario spin-offs since Super Mario Kart ; a trend in part accredited to the commercial and critical success of the game.

Several sequels to Super Mario Kart have been brought out for successive generations of Nintendo consoles, each receiving commercial success and critical acclaim.

The film's success inspired three sequels:

Namco's Tekken ( released in arcades in 1994 and on the PlayStation in 1995 ) proved critical to the PlayStation's early success, with its sequels also becoming some of the console's most important titles.

The success of the many Dirty Harry and James Bond sequels had proven that a single successful action film could lead to a continuing action franchise.

The success of Tim Burton's Batman ( 1989 ) led to a string of financially successful sequels, and within a single decade, had proven the viability of a new sub-genre of action film ; the comic-book movie.

The game, released in October 1986, was an instant success and would spawn many sequels in the following years.

Nevertheless, the serial was a success on its release and lead to two sequels, The New Exploits of Elaine ( 1915 ) and The Romance of Elaine ( 1915 )

But the director prevailed, and the film's success began the common practice of numbered sequels.

Dreamworks ' commercial success continued with three Shrek sequels, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, and How to Train Your Dragon.

The show's success spawned dozens of sequels, spin-offs, imitators, parodies and remakes.

The film adaptation of The Thin Man was a resounding success, and although Hammett never wrote another novel with Nick and Nora Charles, five movie sequels were produced.

It was not until the huge box office success of John Carpenter's Halloween ( 1978 ) and Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th ( 1980 ), both of which spawned numerous sequels and remakes and countless imitators, that the slasher genre began to gain widespread popularity.

Crazy Taxis success prompted Sega to produce multiple sequels.

Ratner had directed several music videos and one film, the 1997 action comedy Money Talks, before reaching commercial success with the action-comedy Rush Hour ( 1998 ), starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, both of whom reunited with Ratner for two sequels, Rush Hour 2 ( 2001 ) and Rush Hour 3 ( 2007 ).

The film's box office success led to a long series of sequels, a crossover with the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and a 2009 series reboot.

A prolific and successful author in his own lifetime, his greatest success was however posthumous, with the television adaptations of his stories The Darling Buds of May and its sequels, My Uncle Silas and Love for Lydia

The film was a critical and commercial success, spawning four sequels.

The term is also at times used as a derogatory term for films or sequels, prequels, and midquels of films that are of inferior quality or are not expected to find financial success.

Ghost Recon's success has spawned 2 expansion packs, Desert Siege and Island Thunder, as well as numerous sequels for video game consoles and the PC.