Thus, someone who has, for the most part, had successful experiences in the past is thought to be highly achievement-oriented.
Working with Kofi Annan, African diplomats and American ambassadors, Holbrooke succeeded in persuading all seven heads of state to come to New York -- a highly improbable achievement all by itself.
The Portraits of Grief, miniature obits in the NYT in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, was a magnificent and highly emotional achievement.
"But if you look closer, what appears to be highly individualized achievement is often really about social support, a complex matrix, whether a family member, teacher or community, that assumes a kid is going to make it and taps them on the shoulder to say, "Kid, you've got it".
If the tournament also proves to favour the brave, the Merseysiders may well sweep into the last four at Anfield this evening - a highly meritorious achievement, but one unlikely to send shudders of apprehension through those clubs currently pre-eminent in the European pecking order.
A highly remarkable achievement in 2015 was the synthesis of crystalline molecular complexes of the [{C5H3(SiMe3)2}3Th]− anion containing thorium in the formal +2 oxidation state.
The success in providing welfare services in terms of health and education was a highly important achievement in the early development of the nation state.
Having said this, the current CDDIS impact factor, higher than 6, seems to me an overevaluation, and with the current rate of acceptance I am sure we will return to a more realistic value of 5±0.2, still a highly respectable achievement.
Even the six works on view set to music by Bach — "Junction" (1961), "Esplanade" (1975), "Musical Offering" (1986), "Brandenburgs" (1988), "Cascade" (1999) and "Promethean Fire" (2002), all highly impressive achievements — have only incidental features in common.
Second, the shared "trait" part of the competence ratings was highly correlated with achievement and predicted gains in achievement.
Here, we create five dummy variables, one for each of the Duke ranking measures.n Being highly ranked on achievement is associated with decreases in class rank as are having relatively strong letters.
