Some efforts at change were thwarted, like his vow to close the Guantánamo prison and to try Sept. 11 plotters in civilian court.
I know this will inflame some of my readers, but this is fact: You don't have to dislike what you do and feel thwarted, like an impostor every day, in order to make a good living.
McNab, the thwarted showman, likes to sing his victims to death.
Roy, who has been known to wink at shooters after thwarting them, likes to hold pucks high in a Statue-of-Liberty pose after making a glove save.
On the night I was there, when James Garnon's forever thwarted, Cain-like Caliban spat into the theatergoers next to the stage, he was applauded loudly for doing so.
The acquisition, announced on Monday, shows how the 16-year-old eBay is taking on rivals like Amazon.com while trying to thwart upstarts like Groupon.
Sometimes he deliberately leaves wavy or irregular borders to thwart people who like to put the edge pieces together first.
And United is seeking to thwart discounters like American Trans Air, which now operates from Midway, Chicago's other major airport.
Part of the reason Zipcar is saddled with losses is its aggressive campaign to build its network and thwart rivals, like Hertz, which started its own car-sharing program, Connect, in 2008.
Senior Navy officials said today that the United States planned to negotiate new security arrangements with every country that American warships visit, establishing tougher measures meant to thwart attacks like the one against the destroyer Cole in Yemen in October.
