Word: accomplish
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When Jordan retired after winning his third straight basketball championship, he claimed that there was nothing left for him to accomplish in in the sport he once dominated...
...course, one cannot expect Bill Clinton in the 1990s to accomplish as much. Nevertheless, he can still benefit from Truman's common-sense approach to the problems at hard...
...opposition group with army contingents and Kurd and Shiite forces throughout the nation. Instead, during the attempt over the weekend, key Kurdish forces declined to attack, and Samaraii found he had overestimated his influence on army leaders. "They were way ahead of themselves in terms of what they could accomplish," says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller of the coup leaders. "This whole attempt was fairly poorly planned and telegraphed ahead of time. Even journalists knew about it." As for Samaraii, he got out just in time, fleeing across the border into Syria...
However, being innocent doesn't necessarily mean being perfect. There are certainly some other things the Union can easily accomplish to benefit and please all. Meal times are too short--take a hypothetical student's example: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the student has a class at 9 a.m., and can hardly get out of bed before 8:50, let alone catch the Union's break fast. The student is free from 10 to 11, but the Union is closed by then. Classes resume at 11 and continue all the way to 2, leaving only 15 minutes take...
Colleagues say McArthur's down-to-earth stylehas helped the dean accomplish his goals...