Take nothing away from Federer's stunning 30-straight achievement, but in analyzing Federer's week one performances during the seven-year streak, it is clear that his high ranking helped protect him from serious early round competition.
While women have been on a straight trajectory of achievement, accomplishment, and long overdue recognition, men find themselves in a tough spot.
Yet this memoir is more than a straight record of achievement.
Kitajima, one of the greats of world swimming, faded as the race reached its climax and was again denied in his bid to become the first male swimmer to win the same individual race in three straight Olympics – an achievement still possible for the American Michael Phelps.
And yet, as this quintessential music of the 20th century filters into the 21st at an increasingly distant remove, it is more important than ever that we keep the names of the players and their achievements straight.
Warner was selected as the league's most valuable player this season, his third straight year of high achievement.
Spielberg was widely praised for his "maturity" in making "Schindler's List," but his career has never moved in a straight line of rising achievement.
Former President Bill Clinton, host of the Oslo ceremony that marked Mr. Peres's greatest achievement, headed straight from the airport to visit the coffin.
We know that there is a straight line between academic achievement and income, so diminished educational opportunities are virtually a guarantee of intergenerational poverty.
-- Credit card defaults have surpassed 10percentt, and in May hit a record high -- the sixth straight month that dubious achievement has been reached.
UConn can revel in its achievement of five straight Final Fours.
