One can imagine Saddam urging himself through a fixed number of laps each morning, pushing to exceed the number he swam the previous year, as if time could be undone by effort and will.
In return, Cruise has been a vigilant steward of the franchise, making sure its various components (including its celebrated Lalo Schifrin theme) never fall below acceptable standards and even pushing to exceed the norm where possible.
In the interview a relaxed Mr. Leno discussed his roundabout return to television relevance and how he had always pushed himself to exceed the low expectations imposed on him by others, including teachers, network rivals, NBC bosses — even his own family.
But when managed, it pushes you to exceed your potential and step out of your comfort zone.
That's not to say that we don't push our kids to exceed academically once they're here, we do.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, 39percentt of ticket sales were purchased by African Americans, pushing the film to exceed expectations in markets such as Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Chicago to name a few.
But while experts have praised Japan's rigorous building codes and quake-resistant buildings for limiting the number of casualties from Friday's earthquake, the devastation in coastal areas and a final death toll predicted to exceed 10,000 could push Japan to redesign its seawalls — or reconsider its heavy reliance on them altogether.
The cart with meal trays and food was found to exceed the acceptable initial turning push force requirement of 5th percentile females.
Yet a leading sports-broadcast executive said on Thursday that clubs may consider the potential returns to exceed those at the gate, pushing for more domestic games to be opened up to satellite or internet screening.
The BoE aims to keep inflation rising at a rate of 2%, a target it is likely to exceed as the falling pound pushes up prices even as the economy slows.
