In Labour's first term, the big goal was to cut the waiting list for elective (non-emergency) patients needing hospital operations, such as hip replacements.

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"We chose not to put lots of shares in trust for our children because we wanted them to finish high school, go to college, get married and be goal-oriented, " says Knight, whose company ranks 70 on our 200 Best list.

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That goal, his first for 17 months, took him above Toshack in Wales' all-time goalscorers list with 14 goals.

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If you're hoping to improve a relationship with someone, you can set a Cloze Score goal for your relationship to move that person's emails and social-network posts to a higher priority in the list where they're displayed.

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While achieving celebrity is no longer the out-of-reach goal one can only dream about, care of reality TV and the Internet, the stars on our list offer far more than a reality show crown or a must-see YouTube clip.

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