Word: attainability
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...have been possible, if only the law had worked just a little bit slower. Yet thanks to our speedy and efficient legal system, it's now highly doubtful whether Napster will ever again be as powerful as it once was, and it's virtually certain that consumers will never attain the ease of use or convenience we once had with Napster...
...behind Machines was to keep it simple, at least musically. OLP's signature hook-laden choruses are back, but this time their lyrics are a bit more mature and thoughtful. The album's 10 tracks showcase Maida's quest not only to reconcile man with machine, but also to attain some level of spiritual realization. Kurzweil himself appears on the album, reading excerpts from his book and sounding generally ominous. Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, a longtime friend of the band, also appears on a couple of tracks, filling in for Jeremy Taggart who was injured mid-recording during...
What I hear in those words is an appeal to black pride and determination as we fight to attain the elusive commodity that economist Glenn Loury once described as "equal respect in the eyes of one's fellow citizens." It's going to require, among other things, installing tougher classes, especially in math, sciences and literature, and making sure our kids take them; better teachers; changes in study habits; and above all else, a new burst of self-confidence. We've got to believe that even at their most bigoted, whites never came up with a test blacks couldn...
...China is more a civilization than a country, and to attain an overview requires rising to a great altitude. Hessler mostly stays low, but his micro-view of life in Fuling brings the people alive, in all their diversity, down to the mystified farmer still wondering about rice seedlings' dropping from an AAir China...
...will not do any research, and conversely a professor who spends all of his or her time at research is unlikely to be an effective teacher. A balance is needed. From discussions in the Physics Department, I know that all of my colleagues prize good teaching and strive to attain the proper balance...