Sentences with phrase «known for his persistence»

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How are we to account for the persistence of a burning sense of justice and truth and, yes, even love in this bitter world as we know it?

Well known for his dribbling, quickness and ability on the ball with both feet, as well the persistence to push forward and tackle when out of possession, the Frenchman has been compared to former Arsenal forward Ian Wright.

In a game between two fierce rivals, Liverpool made their presence known from the very start and in the 34th minute they were rewarded for their persistence when new signing Luis Suarez glided past three United defenders and tee'd up Kuyt to score into an empty net.

I've now arrived in Liverpool for the Liberal Democrat conference, where we will no doubt be reminded this week of the value of persistence in politics.

However, less is known about the prospective course of ADHD into adulthood, the risk factors for its persistence, and the possibility of its emergence in young adulthood in nonclinical populations.

For years I was convinced I knew what kept people from achieving their goals in life: determination and persistence.

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While we are incredibly proud of our alumni and their strong college persistence rates, we know we can and must do better to ensure all Brooke alumni have the post-secondary education and skills necessary for long - term professional and personal success.

Furthermore, we know that skills like critical thinking, self - motivation, persistence and commitment show up at higher rates for students who did well in the early grades compared with those that struggled initially.

We know that novice teachers have a much better chance of persistence in the profession if they have a structured support system, and the teacher - leader role would be an important career option for accomplished educators.

A series of evaluations by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (later known as MDRC) offers practical lessons for improving the persistence of adult learners in library - based literacy programs:

This persistence has been romanticized and transformed into a cause for the little guy — a cause that has received overwhelming support from some well - known writers, many of whom do not even publish through Hachette.

The ability to beat the market for a specified period is known, at least by academics, as persistence.

While the idea of rewarding people for having played past games of a certain franchise isn't something new, Moore explains EA's take on «persistence,» saying, «We recognize [players]-- that's the persistence — and their presence there gets its achievements and carries them from iteration to iteration,» adding that the idea is no longer to buy one game in order to get goodies for its sequel, but rather have a migration process occur from earlier titles to the next and «move it along.»

If you haven't played for a while you'll find yourself getting trashed by players who know the tricks and the maps better than you, and it takes a certain level of persistence not to give up and crawl back to the Battlefield or Modern Warfare threequels.

And we know that when people do eventually succeed in tracking down the climatologists methods — for example in the Hockey Stick — the work is basically a pile of crap, and patience and persistence that found the errors years after publication.

A high pressure ridge sitting of California's coast for several years (known as the «Ridiculously Resilient Ridge» for its persistence) has been a primary factor contributing to the low levels of precipitation.

Regardless of the context of the first solicitation, Officer Jones» second solicitation was made in willful refusal to accept Betty's unambiguous «no» for an answer; this is sexually coercive behavior, specifically postrefusal sexual persistence.

However, in comparison to no / minimal treatment, the outcome for depressive symptoms and persistence of depression was better in the marital therapy group.

Although heterogeneity in the timing and persistence of maternal depressive symptomatology has implications for screening and treatment as well as associated maternal and child health outcomes, little is known about this variability.

You'll have to start dialing for god only knows how long but persistence usually pays off to get to someone that takes care of properties owned by the bank.

I know I'm still a rookie blogger and that maybe the comments will come with time and persistence, but sometimes I feel like I'm a small business owner trying to «compete» for attention with mega-corporations!