WHETHER you look at soft or hard power, Europe's ability to defend itself appears wobbly.
Was this a period of great intellectual foment and social mobility — unlike earlier eras, was this actually a time talented men of obscure origin could rise to the height of state power based on their hard work, ability, or sheer cunning?
The hard simple ability to continue is a kind of blessing.
His progress from the ranks of the famous 'Class of '92' to the most decorated player in this or any club's history is down to his hard work, ability and attitude.
Hard assets' ability to withstand economic cycles better than Wall Street makes real estate a more attractive and less risk-prone asset for investors.
"His progress from the ranks of the famous Class of '92 to the most decorated player in this or any club's history is down to his hard work, ability and attitude.
She found that students praised for their effort (for example, "You worked really hard") versus ability (for example, "You must be smart") were more likely to choose the more difficult task and creatively problem-solve.
In New York the state legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo have the chance give the millions of New Yorkers who work hard the ability to make a living from work, no matter which part of the state they live in.
Before Thursday, it had a staff of professionals with broad knowledge of a great city, with the hard-earned ability to tell stories with pictures — the not-so-easy thing that newspaper photographers do every day.
Perhaps the greatest show of humility, however, is Grass's intimation — through the device of Marie and her box camera — that his deftness as a storyteller may derive from the selfish use of a lucky gift rather than from any hard-earned ability.
Our hard-wired ability to anticipate the behavior of others makes us think we can understand history -- what the Kaiser was thinking in 1914, why Hitler declared war on the United States -- by uncovering the narratives of what happened and why.
