Sentence examples for elite achievements from inspiring English sources

For all of their elite achievements, the seven brothers also spent considerable time as teaching pros at New York metropolitan area clubs, a tradition carried on by Jim, Chris, Mike Jr. and Mike III.

And she created heroes who could presumably be celebrated for their elite achievements within democratic society: the entrepreneur heroes like the industrialists of "Atlas Shrugged," or the artist hero in "The Fountainhead" cut from American folklore, as self-reliant as Paul Bunyan.

His "modest manifesto for museums", which greets visitors at the entrance, explains that most modern museums are large and state-sponsored, displaying the fruits of grand (often elite) achievements.

An elitist is someone who does believe in government by an elite few — an anti-democratic philosophy that has nothing to do with elite achievement.

The basic brilliance of so much of the sport remains undimmed, a genuinely captivating festival of elite achievement, albeit this can be misleading in itself.

Late in life she was an avid viewer of television's "Perry Mason" and "Charlie's Angels". But she could never convincingly reconcile elite achievement with democratic culture, which is why she so often seems antidemocratic.

In this regard there is an argument that both the shortlist and the grandeur of the Spoty awards show itself reflect what is increasingly the dynamic of British sport: well-funded elite achievement, twinned with an under-resourced and non-participatory wider public.

The challenge now is not simply to glory in all this elite achievement but to transform it into something that benefits the wider populace, to boost participation and facilities, to water not just the tips of the grass but its roots too.

The team went on to win the conference and advance to the Elite Eight, achievements Lavin never replicated.

When the president first came into office, I think he was shocked by how hard it was to find people in the cream of the achievement elite whose past tax records stood up to this kind of scrutiny.

It's the idea that young, closeted men deflect attention from their sexuality by investing in recognized markers of success: good grades, athletic achievement, elite employment and so on.