There was no age limit for the harem and women of 60 could live alongside young girls, while the most capable could rise to wield enormous influence over the court.
Al Gore could have been every bit as capable of rising to an occasion like this".
But Williams has proved many times that she is capable of rising to a challenge.
Though all too human, we are also capable of rising above our frailties, would seem to be Mosley's message.
In fact, Warshauer ends up doubting that politicians are even capable of rising above partisanship on the issue.
Judging from Sunday night's performance, however, Oklahoma City are more than capable of rising to the challenge.
What worries me deeply is that communities don't have leaders capable of rising to these challenges.
It remains to be seen whether our counterparts are also capable of rising to the magnitude of the hour.
"They have sleeper cells throughout the country that have always been capable of rising up at any moment.
"John always hits the long ball when he's ready to call it, and he's always capable of rising to the occasion," his friend George Butler told me.
