"But I think now, 53 years later, everybody sort of realizes that baseball in California has flourished, baseball in New York has continued to flourish, and we can celebrate the accomplishment on both coasts for a team whose roots are in New York".
Without them "I do not believe that we can achieve any accomplishments".
"If we and the Palestinians act with determination," he said, "there is a chance that we can achieve real accomplishments, perhaps even before the end of President Bush's term in office".
The planners of ACT II have been advised by consultants that the conference should be "managed" with certain objectives and results in mind so that we can have some accomplishments to show for our efforts.
Our goal is to push ourselves to be stronger and faster, and to reach within ourselves to see what level of achievement and accomplishment we can reach.
The incremental changes we are making are building blocks and we can add to each accomplishment to produce an outcome that saves lives and prevents suffering.
The reward for doing the difficult work is often that we feel lighter afterwards, and that we can revel in the accomplishment, the lightness, and the light for a good while, before we are compelled to move on.
So when, in this context, I read that Sandy Koufax was a "genuinely great" player, one whose accomplishments we "can connect with," I wonder what's really being said.
It's so important to live in the present and to focus on the accomplishments we can make today.
Thinking of Ian and his accomplishments, we can all ask ourselves, what are we doing to help others, and are we passionate about it.
