Word: accomplishments
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...seven-foot-tall Pan, the goat-god. He knows Ofelia as soon as she enters his underground home, identifying her as the long-lost Princess Moanna. He tells her she will reach her destiny - will "stroll through the seven circular gardens of your palace" - if she can accomplish three difficult tasks. One is to get a key that the toad has swallowed. The second: use that key to unlock a door in the lair of the Pale Man, a child-devourer who has eyeballs in his hands. And the third...
...realize that the price of a precious commodity whose supply is dwindling at an alarming rate can only go up, not down. It is time Americans start investing in public transport and working near their homes or living near their workplaces. Just think how much more you could accomplish if your commute were shorter and someone else did the driving. Sudhir Jain Calgary, Canada
...local work is still extremely commendable. Organizing the millions that have demonstrated in favor of immigrants’ rights is truly an amazing accomplishment— especially with a population that is so diverse and divided. It took the time and energy of city officials and activists alike to accomplish that. Yet, that effort must now be utilized for systematic change. We have shown that we are here, we have shown that we are strong, and it’s time that we show the world specifically what it is that we stand for. The time for symbolic gains...
...some regional health authorities have led people to think the whole system is sick - which gets magnified by the government's other missteps and the general dyspepsia people feel toward its leader. According to the Deloitte/Ipsos MORI Delivery Index released last Friday, public expectations of what the government will accomplish as it tries to rejuvenate public services are now at an all-time low. Only 33% think they'll get better; only 22% expect the nhs to improve, which is a big drop from last year, thought to be caused in part by the government's general malaise. Yet further...
...short, there was something tragic about the Canucks. Their experience and abilities were incommensurate with where they had ended up. The most they could hope to accomplish was to distribute willy-nilly used clothing—which depresses local textile manufactures, I sourly noted at the time...