Soon after the Congress passed President Ronald Reagan's big tax cut in 1981, a few in the administration realized that their achievement amounted to a Pyrrhic victory.
Published the same year as Slosson's story, Mary Austin's The Readjustment conjures up the character of Emma Jossylin, a woman whose life's achievements amount to a "little low house", a "common" husband and a son who is crippled.
Under the Obama-era rules, colleges can choose from a menu of options to define a credit hour, including hours of instruction, evidence of student achievement or amount of work represented in outcomes.
Add to that the fact that The Voices was made by a woman – let alone an Iranian who has survived war, persecution and the murder of friends and relatives, all of it documented in Persepolis with flair rather than despair – and it becomes clear what an unusual achievement this movie amounts to.
Only in the final chapters does Morland allow the possibility of regret – no small achievement, given the amount of time he is incarcerated.
Plenty of research suggests that one of the strongest indicators of scholastic achievement is the amount of actual time devoted to learning.
The tales are entertaining, but Hughes's real achievement is historical — amounting to a new understanding of, as she puts it, "what it meant to be a human animal in the nineteenth century".
The donut at the back distributes the weight nicely, and in general, the headset feels incredibly light (it's only 1.1 pounds/0.5kilograms), which is a significant achievement given the amount of tech the unit is packing.
Moreover, the quantitative approach used meant that the study did not capture the diverse beliefs about solidarity, for instance the motive behind support for a partial rather than full subsidy, willingness to accept and contribute towards its achievement, the specific amount people would be willing to contribute, and the responsibility for assisting the poor to access health care.
