He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
The show succeeds spectacularly in this regard.
Like him, it succeeded spectacularly by failing in the end.
After a bankruptcy and a series of buyouts, Abercrombie succeeded spectacularly in remaking itself as a cool shopping destination for young Americans.
Howe also succeeded spectacularly in alienating his Party's farm vote.
Let's just say that in its ambition to present a world-class wine experience, Latour succeeds spectacularly.
The Roman church's mission in England had, to a large extent, failed, but the Irish missionaries succeeded spectacularly.
What they did was ecopoiesis, and they succeeded spectacularly, more than anybody had a right to expect.
This shift in Kzin attitudes succeeded spectacularly, although the Kzinti themselves do not think very highly of the changes, nor of the price they paid to achieve them.
LEAD: WHY do some new businesses succeed spectacularly while others fall flat on their faces?