This budget builds on the steps we've taken over the last one hundred days to move this economy from recession to recovery and ultimately to prosperity.
At eight p.m. - on the stage that has been built on the steps of the memorial by designer Steve Bass - Beyonce holds forth in her own stylish cold weather gear, rehearsing her number with 225 members of the Naval Academy Glee Club, each singer emitting frosty air along with the notes.
Levein, in short, should be allowed to build on the small steps already made by attempting to take Scotland to the 2014 World Cup.
"A lot of this is can we continue to build on the initial steps we've taken with the Russians even as we've had differences emerge, most notably on Syria".
Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho and Yasser Arafat, to name three, were lifelong proponents of violence who were recognised in the hopes that they might build on the small steps toward peace they had taken.
"By reaffirming his commitment to tackling global warming," said Nathan Willcox, global warming program director at the advocacy group Environment America, "the president demonstrated that he intends to build on the historic steps his administration has already taken to cut dangerous carbon emissions, for the sake of our environment, our health and our families' future.
Each step yielded insights that build on the knowledge from earlier steps and shaped the next step.
Each step builds on the previous steps, using progressively more sophisticated statistical methods.
Jacob J Lew, the treasury secretary, in a statement said: "Today's steps build on the actions of the last 15 months as we continue to break down economic barriers, empower the Cuban people and advance their financial freedoms, and chart a new course in US-Cuba relations".
