Word: succeeded
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...September, after watching him race once--once--on TV. "We put our balls on the line," he says proudly. The brash owner is even starting a horse hedge fund, allowing private investors to buy into his portfolio of Thoroughbreds and sell out at a handsome profit if they succeed. Or lose it all. "My confidence is sky-high right now," he says...
...pensions, single parents working double shifts. "This has been the case for my entire lifetime," she says, and warns that "we're raising a generation of 'young doubters,'" children who are insular and timid. "They don't try, because they already heard us tell them why they can't succeed...
...believe they will be ready and the U.S. can stand down when the Iraqis have their own air power. No modern ground force can succeed without air reconnaissance, weapons deployment or the rapid recovery of the injured. The U.S. would never send our troops on any mission without air support. But it seems the U.S. has no plans to allow the Iraqis a fully equipped air force. Paul Schrader, SANDWICH, MASS...
...first-generation immigrant to the U.S. who proudly serves in the military, I have obtained several degrees (soon to include the Ph.D. I am currently working on) from several institutions. Though these academic centers may not be in the Top 10 in the nation, they have allowed me to succeed and placed me competitively alongside many of my colleagues. Placing hopes on any particular college is not a bad thing, but concentrating on what is to be learned is the main goal. Shouldn't we teach our children that hard work does pay off? Andres Munera, PANAMA CITY...
...their abilities - because rank in a hierarchy fundamentally alters people's basic cognitive function." The findings further support the idea, for example, that disadvantaged socioeconomic groups remain entrenched in poverty because their position puts them at a psychological disadvantage, not because they lack the ability or intelligence to succeed. In the study's discussion, the authors suggest that the powerless in society are directed "toward a destiny of dispossession...