Word: accomplishments
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Well, for one thing, Facebook has made political involvement so easy as to be meaningless. Anyone can, for example, lend support to the hundreds of Darfur groups on Facebook and, in doing so, proclaim their commitment to the issue. Not only do such groups usually accomplish nothing, but they also promulgate the disturbing idea that joining a Facebook group is somehow a contribution to democracy. Groups are, in this way, more harmful than beneficial. The voices of those who could affect real change are drowned, simply because by the 501st Facebook group, no one is left listening...
...best we can be, to get what we know we deserve.” Pressure or no pressure, sky’s the limit for this group of talented classmates. And someone who’s made a habit of hoisting Ivy championship trophies realizes what this group can accomplish.“It’s unbelievable what this class can do this year and as they get progressively better,” Delaney-Smith says. “From the way they look right now, it’s scary to think how good they...
...illusions about the limitations he faces. He once told TIME that people who go to work at the White House pass through two distinct stages of astonishment. At first, they are amazed at what the place can do. But then they are quickly disillusioned by what it cannot accomplish. Putting an Iraqi exit plan in front of the President will be relatively simple. Winning Bush's full support may be harder. And executing it in a country where strategic planning is almost an oxymoron may prove beyond any man's--or any White House's--capability...
...really want Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco values leading the culture war?” Hastert’s predecessor, Newt Gingrich, echoed him, asking in a Republican National Committee letter, “Will everything you’ve worked so hard to accomplish be lost to the San Francisco values of would-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
...help the student discover who they are,” says Klaar. “I try to get the parents to back off a little bit and let the child become comfortable doing research in the process.” Amy Sack, founder of Admissions Accomplished, emphasizes two things: fit for college and relieving the stress. “We can help you make this very manageable,” says Sack; her website claims that her main objective is to make the application process as minimally painful as possible. And Sack claims an impressive success rate: 95 percent...