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...crossing is adventure enough for them. At one point the group walks through a nest of giant ants that bite people's legs. One girl starts screaming after injuring herself on the trip and has to be supported by friends as she hops along. The group slides down a steep ravine, a particularly hard task in the middle of the night, and many come through with cuts and bruises. But by the time the group arrives at the base camp and sings a lively rendition of the Mexican national anthem, no one complains that it was too hard...
...know the challenges tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime. The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep, we may not get there in one year or in one term,” Obama said, “but as an American I have never been more hopeful that we will get there...
...politics that would divide a nation just to win an election." He recalled how he began his quest for the nomination as an underdog in February, 2007, on the steps of the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois. "We knew this was going to be a steep climb," he declared at his final rally in Manassas Park, Va, to a late-night crowd of 90,000. "This happened because of you. We are going to change this country because...
Bull markets, so they say, climb a wall of worry. But some market watchers see the current wall as just too steep...
...promise to give every American family a $4,000 tax credit to pay for the costs of tuition in exchange for a commitment to public service. Expanding the promise of an affordable and accessible college education is no easy task; it is doubly difficult during a steep recession. It will require sacrifices from everyone involved: individual families, colleges, state governments, and Capitol Hill. But given what’s at stake—America’s place in the global economy and the vitality of our next generation—this is a battle well worth fighting...