No one can challenge what Simon achieved with the Wire: beyond even the hype, it remains an incredible achievement that forced issues about which no one was talking to the front and center of American public life and changed the way many people think about the so-called "war on drugs".
For a European island outpost with a population of just 330,000, it was a fairly heroic achievement from which they hope to progress by qualifying for Euro 2016.
Weddings on the island are seven-day affairs where the entire village is fed many times, so paying for one's own at 25 years of age is an achievement.
They celebrated that achievement with the enthusiasm it deserved An important victory for Inter away to Parma, moving the Nerazzurri five points clear of Roberto Donadoni's team in fifth place.
Morricone has written hundreds of scores for cinema and television, and is one of the only film composers to have received an honorary Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
While often cited as a landmark achievement, the Indian Person with Disability act actually makes no specific provision for disabled women and girls.
To those of us who have toiled, often fruitlessly, over the past years on this issue, it is a huge achievement brought about by John Kerry, with sheer dogged determination, and the two leaders, by taking risks with their public opinion.
Between them, the Times and the Sunday Times have in fact managed to repeat the myth 40 times in total since 1998, an achievement only surpassed by the Daily Mail, which leads the field with 44 mentions.
I think I have always underrated Myerson – this novel seems to me a great achievement.
The report acknowledged that both programmes have benefited many young people in Uganda, especially those from poorer backgrounds, but added that "this achievement has been grossly watered down by the often inadequate, inefficient and ineffective response to inherent challenges".
The scale of this technological achievement is admirable, the logic behind it clear; but all this impressive architecture has been built without any political discussion about whether this is the right thing to do, or any endorsement from millions of members of the public, whose personal lives are now being recycled through giant databases.
