Acknowledging her act of gauntlet throwing, Ms. Dickerson invites Americans of any race to consider the confusion of past and present, race and class, accomplishment and aspiration.
The campaign was a marvel of professional-class accomplishment.
Fleeing family in pursuit of a business career just after the end of World War II, he wound up 1,100, 2,000, 2,500 and 5,500 miles away, where, driven by the need to surpass the lower-middle-class material accomplishments of his own father, for whom he had great contempt as well as moderate affection, he established an influential media empire.
This was unfortunate and unfair, and not just because Patrick Ewing probably has more class and more accomplishments than any dozen of his critics.
In comparison, the working class adopts the "accomplishment natural growth" pattern; they do not arrange activities for children and delegate a good deal of child-rearing responsibilities to schools.
Although Mr Walker has overcome early doubts about his public speaking ability - giving several high-profile speeches that have smoothly blended the story of his working-class upbringing with conservative accomplishments as governor - this is not the first time the governor has stumbled when having to depart from his script.
Emboldened by my accomplishments in spin class back home, I was determined that my husband, Brad, and I would bike the seven and a half miles from our guest house on this island in New Caledonia to the Pont de Mouly, a bridge that connects the lower third of the island to the larger main section of land.
For my final meal in Matala, I had a world-class gyro and tallied my accomplishments.
Rey served in Fallujah during some of the heaviest fighting, earning a Bronze Star with valor as a Private First Class, an almost unheard of accomplishment for a Marine of his rank.
From the benefits of strength training for people in their 90s to the breathtaking accomplishments of world-class athletes and paralympians, we keep learning more about what the body can do, and why it pays to do it.
