As a narrative of poor boy makes good, Smith's early career fits the bill, and at the end of his life Smith struggled hard to make up for past mistakes, achieving — or, anyway, being granted — some of the honors of an elder statesman.
When Napoleon realised that significant Austrian forces were already over the Isar and were marching towards the Danube, he insisted that the entire French army deploy behind the Ilm River in a bataillon carré within 48 hours, all in hopes of undoing Berthier's mistakes and achieving a successful concentration.
This may be inscrutable to the users themselves who may either be mistaken about what they are achieving or mistaken about how their use of the term contributes to that success (Boyd 2003a, 539).
Creating a Life achieved the media trifecta: Oprah, 60 Minutes and the cover of Time, each of which contributed its own lacerating judgments on the reproductive "mistakes" of "high achieving" women.
Even if he had not murdered the nanny by mistake and had achieved his aim of killing his wife, he would have been the first suspect.
In this view, the war fought by the western allies against Nazi Germany was a gigantic mistake; all it achieved was the enslavement of eastern Europe under the Soviet yoke.
History tells us that many of our finest technologists made mistakes big and small before achieving the work they are remembered for.
You probably shouldn't be pursuing a venture where failure or mistakes will deter you from achieving the overarching mission or goal.
If racing to a 41-7 leandandefeatingng the mistake-ridden Bills achieved anything for the Jets besides Etch A Sketching the preseason — just as Coach Rex Ryan promised — it was the obliteration of the contention that Tebow is here to challenge for Sanchez's position.
My peers were science fair winners, debate champions, poets and athletes, but for this short period of time, we joined together to meet the same goal: make the fewest careless mistakes possible and achieve an optimal score.
