Word: attainability
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Mowry’s favorite piece in the show is a 14th century Korean scroll painting of a bodhisattva (an enlightened being who has chosen to help others attain enlightenment rather than reach nirvana himself), cloaked by thin veils of diaphanous silk. “The work is extraordinarily well painted and well preserved,” he said...
...next set of lights. As I abandon the tuk tuk and hobble off in search of a taxi, the kind with four doors, four wheels and a meter, I'm wondering what's more amazing: that I still have two moderately functioning legs, or that it was possible to attain enough speed to have an accident during rush hour in Bangkok...
...less prestigious school, said Parsons, there seemed little pressure to publish. A sense of pressure was felt primarily in the middle type of institution, which is trying to attain the status of the leading schools...
...policy of the Pierian has undergone several changes this year. Contrary to the custom of recent years, a professional conductor has had charge of the orchestra. In accepting the services of Mr. Modeste Alloo, of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it was hoped that the Pierian would be able to attain more in musical achievement than has been usually the case when an inexperienced student has had charge of the organization...
...stock characters, lazy thinking, easy exits from thorny issues. It also dodges a question many blacks posed: Who says we have to be the stalwart ones? Why can't we be as selfish, superficial, even prejudiced as everyone else? Equality in mediocrity: an American ideal that anyone can attain...