Elliott, the historian, suggested it was available only to those who made it their single-minded desire.
And the longer she and her husband persist, the more Meili realizes that she is merely a vessel for his single-minded desire for a son.
But in certain passages, it paints a picture of someone with a single-minded desire to move to No. 1 status among financial services giants.
In the remarkable flood of giving since Sept. 11, millions of Americans have responded with a single-minded desire to help.
He said that many new players came into the game with a single-minded desire to make money, and lacked any sense of style and social grace, so he had dropped out of the circuit.
He told me of his escape from the Merrill Lynch offices in the World Financial Center, across the street from the twin towers, and of his single-minded desire to speak to his wife.
"This newly discovered information leads to the disconcerting conclusion that the commonwealth was driven by a zealous and single-minded desire to try Appellant and obtain a conviction despite information that put into question the justice of pursuing that outcome," the document said.
That kind of single-minded desire to succeed is probably why his startup, still deep in stealth mode, has raised such a high profile angel round of financing.
The Drosophila single minded transcription factor is a master developmental regulator (Nambu et al., 1991).
"He was single-minded in his desire to develop my gifts.
He has been single-minded about his desire to own the club, even when the Rangers board practically said they did not want him.
