Egged on by an administration desperate for some positive accomplishment to add to its dismal record, lawmakers have set themselves the impossible task of solving in a matter of days a crisis that has been years in the making and, if not handled with the utmost care, will continue to hound us for decades.
But they also stayed employed when they found work interesting, when it provided a sense of positive accomplishment, when it allowed them to balance work and family, when their work garnered peer or employer recognition and respect, when it included the possibility for advancement, and when it led to the possibility of improving their families' social status.
Become known for a positive accomplishment.
The other part is the confusion, frustration, and even anger at Obama for not selling the positive accomplishments that his administration has accomplished in the face of the GOP assault and the mess that Bush's failures have littered his presidential path with.
The Berlusconi era has gone on far too long, with far too few positive accomplishments.
In a letter to supporters, Acoli said the June hearing focused "primarily about the events on the turnpike and almost nothing about my many positive accomplishments".
The writer argues that liberals are sabotaging their own successes by concentrating on the negative and refusing to highlight the positive accomplishments of policies.
The question, rather, is one of balancing the positive accomplishments of aid programmes against the effects of that work being exploited by government or rebel authorities.
There have, of course, been positive accomplishments, but making a success of Iraq will require much time, many billions of dollars and real sacrifices.
At best he will remembered for what he didn't do, not for any positive accomplishments: He did not, in his eyes, "sell out" to Israel.
The availability of consumer goods and housing improved, and such social services as health care, education, and pensions all positive accomplishments of the communist regime became more generous.
