Word: feats
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...already amassed a substantial repertoire of accomplishments in the worlds as of both collegiate and professional soccer. An assistant to his father, Bobby Clark, for the past two years, he helped bring the Fighting Irish to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in school history, a feat the team repeated the following year. Also, Clark coached four players who were drafted by Major League Soccer—Greg Dalby and Nate Norman in 2007, and Ryan Miller and Joseph Lapira in 2008. Lapira also received the prestigious Hermann Trophy and was named the Soccer America Player of the Year...
...Minister a thumping majority of 144 seats over the combined opposition parties. The Labor Party, by contrast, captured only 209 seats, while the new Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance picked up 23.* Thatcher becomes the first Conservative Prime Minister in this century to be re-elected to a second term, a feat unmatched even by such illustrious entries on the stairway wall as Winston Churchill and Harold Macmillan. Beaming down from a balcony at Tory headquarters in London, Husband Denis at her side, Thatcher told her jubilant supporters, "It was a larger victory than I dared hope...
...likely to put them back to work than Labor was. Indeed, surveys taken shortly before the election indicated that an astonishing one out of three unemployed Britons planned to vote Tory. Many workers greatly appreciated her feat in bringing the inflation rate down from a high of 22% in 1980 to the current 4%. In addition, Britain's generous array of unemployment benefits, which Thatcher has left largely intact, has blunted the anger of many without jobs...
...have all of us in the lineup was a huge thrill for me and a fulfillment of four years.” But while Cahow and the Harvard team in general consistently preach not worrying about personal statistics, in Vaillancourt’s eyes Cahow’s individual feat tells a story deeper than the numbers. “It shows how much she contributes to this team and to the game,” said Vaillancourt, a junior forward. “She’s—in my book—the best defenseman...
...every major financial daily across the globe. Although his desk was limited to about $180 million in positions, Kerviel had forged passwords, faked control e-mails, and fabricated hedges in order to go well beyond the limit. He had learned all the necessary control tricks to pull off this feat during his time at the bank’s nondescript back office, where he had started working years ago before rising through the ranks to his more recent and prestigious office. In contrast to what the French public believes, however, his story is hardly one of personal growth and social...