It's a "Rocky" story in which opportunity is largely a matter of an accident of birth and of family heritage, connections, and money — one in which relentlessly hard work is still indispensable for rising to the top but in which rising to the top is still a matter of having started out somewhere near it.
Almost all of the department's cases involving suspected Chinese espionage, Mr. Pelak said, come from companies that report a commercial inquiry or request that seems suspicious and not through surveillance because someone has Chinese heritage or connections.
Together with our partners in east Kent, we can offer a combination of heritage, historical connections and cultural links with the rest of Europe which none of the other cities in the race can compete with".
But he does argue against spelling reform, on the grounds that the complex and inconsistent detail of English spelling is "testimony to the richness of our linguistic heritage and a connection with our literary past".
Still, there is a common bond that holds us all here, a voice, a heritage, and a connection to the landscape.
Led by no women of special wealth or influence beyond their shared Connecticut heritage and family connections, Vienna's Soldiers Aid Societyy was organized in late 1861, when the Union was coming to realize that the war would last longer than a season.
"Old money" country clubs have some of the strictest membership requirements since membership is often based on heritage and social connections.
Many of those who did pick up the bat had a family connection, a heritage with cricket-loving nations such as India.
As human life becomes more integrated with machines, especially in artistic, soulful ways and as a medium of spiritual heritage, machines form a connection to the intelligence of the design of the universe.
The Royal Union Flag and Red Ensign are still flown in Canada by veterans' groups and others who continue to stress the importance of Canada's British heritage and the Commonwealth connection.
