They successfully agitated for representation on the board, the sale of underperforming investments and, finally, control of the company.

In 1894, he successfully agitated for the reporting and destruction of derelicts in the North Atlantic Ocean.

The contraction of the money supply was blamed for the deflationary effects, and led debtors to successfully agitate for a halt to the notes' retirement.

Her one-woman Emergency Conservation Committee successfully agitated for numerous environmental reforms.

And policy makers at the Federal Reserve worry that these workers will soon agitate successfully for higher wages.

A Borough was eventually proclaimed in late 1872, and by 1878 was able to successfully agitate with the state government for the completion of the first section of the present main road from Moe.

Mr. Nemtsov later agitated successfully against the construction of a nuclear power plant.

Citigroup has about five billion shares outstanding, making it difficult for any single shareholder, no matter how large, to agitate successfully against the bank.

In the 1880s, SPD deputies in Saxony successfully agitated in support of improved safety for miners and better control of mines.

In 1911, students in Japan and the United States agitated successfully for the overthrow of the dynasty.