Word: successes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...think we’ve realized that Cornell is a very good team, and in my career we’ve had some success against Cornell,” Rogers said. “I think we have a good recipe for beating them and, coming off a win, I think we have good confidence going into the game. We are just going to try to keep coming offensively and if we can tighten up a little defensively I think we’ll be fine against Cornell...
...this fan frenzy started with intense Facebook pep-talks that urged students to become the “sixth man” (the “non-starter off the bench that contributes to the team's success,” according to the event description). Ho and crew then brought a massive whiteboard to the gym, displaying cheers for the crowd to chant—many of which involved highly nuanced jabs at players on the opposing team. What’s more, they coordinated gimmicks like passing out newspapers for students to "read" while the rival team?...
...She’s kind of the consummate player in the areas of mind, body and spirit, and she embodies all three really well, and that’s why she’s always going to be a success in whatever she does,” Smith says. “Harvard’s got a good girl there...
...lesson in that. Grass-roots uprisings come and go, and protest candidates rise and fall. In the flush of righteous battle, people focus on the beliefs they share and tolerate points of difference. Eventually, though, the battle ends, the smoke clears, and even when the movement has some success, its troops tend to go their separate ways. After Perot retired from politics, his movement fell to pieces; Patrick Buchanan carried the Reform Party's banner in one election, and Ralph Nader did so in the next, which makes about as much sense as a radio station alternating between...
...might have been more profitable for Obama to have concentrated on trying to fix Gaza first. It was the immediate crisis when he took office, and it remains so. It is difficult to solve, but not impossible. Success would set a predicate: the Administration could be relied upon to work hard, and pragmatically, on vexing issues along the way to an ultimate deal. It could be trusted by all sides. That possibility still exists, although senior Administration officials seem unduly pessimistic about the chances of success. And there is a big obstacle here: the best way to resolve Gaza...