Word: setbacks
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...crowning moment of Preston’s season was taking home first place at EIWAs. Preston was injured just before the tournament, and Weiss said what he was able to accomplish was amazing considering the setback...
...least because there remain so many doubts about the ability of the Hong Kong authorities to tackle issues like the wealth gap, health care, education and pollution. Hung thinks the territory needs a government with the sort of mandate that can only be acquired through proper elections. "This setback," she says, "is only a hibernation." But it could be a long...
...least because there remain so many doubts about the ability of the Hong Kong authorities to tackle issues like the wealth gap, health care, education and pollution. Hung thinks the territory needs a government with the sort of mandate that can only be acquired through proper elections. "This setback," she says, "is only a hibernation." But it could be a long...
...rising. According to teachers, parents see a world that's getting faster, more complicated and less forgiving, and figure their children's best chance of making it out there is to shine, from kindergarten onward, in everything they do. These high expectations can fuse with the view that no setback is ever just bad luck: it's always somebody's fault - though never their own, nor their child's. While parents will accept human frailty in other areas of life, says New South Wales Primary Principals' Association president Roger Pryor, "in schools they expect everyone to get it right first...
...Kenyan men lost their hold on the Boston marathon for the first time in 14 years. To comfort them, Kenyans quoted the Swahili proverb “kuteleza sio kuanguka:” to slip is not to fall. In other words, this is just a momentary setback, and life is a marathon, not a sprint. As their countrymen make light of the second-place position though, there is disquiet over a deeper problem. Kenya declined in international position, especially in the last Olympics, due to defection of its runners...