Once he reached adulthood, admiring teachers and mentors reinforced the message, steadily directing his sights higher and higher.
He made no rash moves and suffered only a few temporary defeats as his forces advanced slowly but steadily; the only major criticism directed at him during the campaign was that his strategy was frequently unimaginative.
As Tuesday nears, Mrs. Clinton has been steadily intensifying direct attacks on Mr. Obama's résumé and raising questions about whether he had the experience and knowledge to keep the nation safe and mobilize the government to aid and protect people.
If "Mr. Nice," which was written and directed by Bernard Rose, is steadily watchable, it lopes along without building much tension.
The flux through 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase decreases steadily to zero at which point the flux begins to be directed through Rubisco.
The Adler's astronomy department is now directed by Dr. Evalyn Gates, a cosmologist at the University of Chicago, and has steadily supported the infusion of scientists in planetariums.
He rose steadily through the ranks, and as head of Soviet forces in the Manchurian border region he directed a successful counteroffensive against Japanese forces there in 1939.
Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, the miniseries revolves around a group of black jazz musicians who, despite racism, steadily rise to fame in early 1930s London.
It was Fleming, directing the canonical Western "The Virginian" (1929), who shifted Gary Cooper's minimalist stoicism into a subtly but steadily revealing undercurrent of emotion.
If we're serious about ending our fossil fuel dependence, we must place a direct and steadily increasing fee on carbon.
