What a difference a generation makes — a generation of determined effort by Republican strategists to use the abortion issue as a tool of party realignment and political self-interest.
It is easy to point now to the fabulous success of the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, or of downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring, but the reality is that it took more than a decade of determined effort by planning, zoning and elected officials before they overcame myriad practical and political obstacles.
The historic centre of Prague, the capital, was saved by a determined effort.
There are certainly enough similarities to identify the work with the International Pictorialist style, which was characterized by its determined effort to look like any art other than photography, but the differences are so basic that they raise questions about the usefulness of general definitions.
Most importantly, his or her sense of reality is not undermined by a determined effort on the part of the parents to deny reality.
The assumption is that there is no way they can agree, though they might be influenced, or eventually dictated to, by a more determined effort by powerful outsiders.
While Saddam Hussein can, with determined effort, be deterred, Osama bin Laden and his like cannot.
Without determined effort to leave some land undeveloped, it will all be developed.
While it has widespread support among Afghan officials and even some residents, and has been accompanied by an equally determined effort to hand out cash compensation to homeowners, other local people have complained that the demolitions have gone far beyond what is necessary.
"It took a determined effort by brave individuals," Ms. Buono added, "and a unanimous decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court to force the governor to drop his appeal.
The determined effort by both sides to obfuscate the issue, however, left unclear the precise extent of Saudi cooperation and whether disputes lingered beneath the surface.
