If Meares or her colleagues win Olympic gold in August, their success will be attributable to more than just individual brilliance and perseverance.
To his work Eisner brought an array of talents seldom united in one individual: the patience, perseverance and interpretive skills required for thorough fieldwork, the meticulous care, ingenuity and resourcefulness needed for the most rigorous laboratory experiments and the technical virtuosity and artistic flair of a first-class photographer.
The story most frequently told is that African-Americans, with some exceptions, have failed to take advantage of the pathways to full economic and social inclusion: individual effort, education, perseverance and participation in electoral politics.
That despite the importance of individual ingenuity and perseverance, wealth is not earned alone and is not possible outside of a society and polity providing basic infrastructure and stability.
Most importantly, I've had the privilege of knowing countless individuals who, through perseverance and proper support, have achieved goals far beyond what they themselves and society-at-large had ever believed they could achieve.
"It's about individual style, technique, focus, perseverance, and the will to be the best you can be.
Ms. Ellis's collection is a testimonial to resilience and the perseverance of individuals whose life expectancies are just a few additional years.
In an earlier day, American companies and individuals boasted of their perseverance.
Further, a time limited, structured intervention that targets one issue at a time through the use of both verbal and visual input might be especially beneficial for individuals with impaired concentration, perseverance and executive functioning typical of depressive symptoms.
Our study confirms that many of the innovative initiatives discussed would not have been possible without federal assistance and provincial direction, but ultimately it is the ingenuity and perseverance of individuals and organizations with a compassion for HPC that essentially moves HPC forward.
