Word: accomplishments
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...political parties, the legislators will lack the clout that might come from working in unison, fears Joanna Nathan, senior Afghanistan analyst for the International Crisis Group (ICG), an international think tank dedicated to preventing conflict. "That's going to make for a horribly weak and paralyzed body unable to accomplish anything...
...liked, I want to be respected.? But you?re the opposite - you want to be liked more than you want to be respected. Why? I don?t know how you can play for somebody you didn?t like. I don?t know how you can ever accomplish anything, and be able to do your best, if you didn?t like or care about the person that was your coach. I do think you can be liked and respected as well. They?re going to see my passion for the game, and they?re going to realize I want...
...wants to raise pressure on Tehran by referring the matter to the UN Security Council for action, but the EU and others are reluctant to agree because they fear this will accomplish little, and could scuttle any attempts at a peaceful solution. In addition, countries such as Malaysia, Argentina and Brazil that have their own peaceful uranium enrichment programs do not want to put those programs at risk by sanctioning Iran for activities permitted under the NPT. That could make it difficult for the 35 members of the IAEA to achieve the consensus necessary to refer Iran to the Security...
...discomfort with auditions, Benjamin believes, was caused by a sense that he had to accomplish too much in too little time. "First," he says, "I had to make people believe that I'm not Andre 3000. Then I had to make people believe that I am this character. It created a lot of nervous tension." Perhaps, but Benjamin happily allowed his agents to use his renown to get auditions, so he could hardly take offense at the parts he was reading for ("Andre 3000 knock-offs, basically") or the burden of being seen as just another rapper...
...outsider who left China too early and lived in the States too long. But I’d like to think that what I see happening in Beijing can happen for the rest of China too. Unfortunately, that’s something that will take longer than 2008 to accomplish. I’ll keep my fingers crossed...