The LSD counterculture may once have attained its cultural power by dissenting from the scientific world view, encouraging a return to the natural world and stripping away the trappings of materialism.
He passed the day comfortably, engrossed in his work, the erratic office weather having attained, for once, an ideally temperate state.
In later years, having attained success with Rush, I once heard a disparaging remark: "Rush is what happens when you let the drummer write the songs".
And once you've attained this status, can you ever be redeemed?
Above all, he seems to have been overwhelmed by fame and unable, once he had attained it, to rein in his wilder impulses.
Once he had attained power, was Johnson's crucial role in passing civil-rights legislation a result of his ambition or his compassion?
My Dad looked closely at the rules and found a bylaw that enabled Youth age competitors to compete in Junior road events once they had attained the age of 16, even though they were still Youth Category.
If you are an actor of some eminence, naturally blessed with a mien like a full moon, it seems inevitable that, once you have attained the requisite age and girth, you will be asked to play Winston Churchill.
When maths and English were included in the league table measure, schools began entering children early for those exams, then allowing them to drop the subjects once they had attained the all-important C grade.
This line of argument raises an important question: If an industry can be profitable once it has attained enough capacity or experience (in the case of the infant industry) or when it has reequipped itself (in the case of the recuperating industry), what prevents it from entering the capital market to get the finances to tide itself over until it is profitable?
Once you've attained a tenured position, you can express yourself however you wish.
