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The signature achievement of his first term was putting three conservatives on the Supreme Court - cementing a two-thirds majority for possibly decades to come.

This was the greatest team in Los Angeles Dodgers history, soaring through the greatest postseason in Dodgers history, cementing the greatest Dodgers dynasty.

This would let Trump pick two justices who could be in their late 40s and early 50s, cementing an ultraconservative majority for a long time.

In many ways it has come to symbolize the presidency of an ambitious, often divisive leader obsessed with cementing his legacy.

Two more goals followed to sink Uruguay in the last 16 and Republic of Ireland in the quarter-finals, cementing Schillaci's hero status.