They improved their holdings, kept their well-defined ways, quickly won more than tolerance from most of their white neighbors.
Like Russian rulers for the past two centuries, Putin "equates security with well-defined 'zones of interest,'" says James Sherr, an Eastern Europe specialist at Oxford University.
One trouble is that they have not created a standard, well-defined political structure.
Scouting, development pay off for Spurs The San Antonio Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles.
June 18, 2013 - Seattle Times
Development is key to Spurs’ rise SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster …
June 18, 2013 - The Register-Guard
Scouting, development paying off for Spurs SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Spurs have long been the NBA's gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio.
June 17, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Barack Obama in Politico I like how Obama said, "I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy, the well-defined goals, the equipment and the support you need to get the job done."
Jack Roush in The Associated Press We were a little slow in the garage area,Roush said Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. "I don't fault the guys for that, but the direction and the plan may not have been as well-defined or understood. The combination of the plan not...