So plenty of Democratic forecasters from the demography-is-destiny school argue that in the long run the Republicans are doomed unless they can win over more blacks and Hispanics.
This means that the success of the Horatio Alger program can be replicated, providing a blue-print for additional efforts to change the destiny of at-risk kids everywhere.
An alternative spin on the history-as-destiny thesis is that Glasgow is suffering from the effects of deindustrialisation, which often include a decline in health as well as employment.
New building projects in two areas of London and the creation of a new city in central Florida -- Destiny -- were among 16 projects announced at the summit as climate-positive initiatives and supported by the Clinton Climate Initiative.
The 22-year-old Destiny's Child singer has brought Edinburgh to a virtual standstill over the past two days, mobbed by fans every time she set foot outside her hotel.
The brain clearly showed itself as Quinones-Hinojosa's destiny one Friday night in medical school when the hospital was near-empty.
Activision has taken a big creative leap with X-Men Destiny, the first Marvel game to introduce three brand new members of the X-Men.
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" Adds Nomeriano dela Cruz, vice-president for information technology at Manila's University of the East, one of Destiny's big cable-access customers: "This is the future.
Sony also confirmed a range of big-name software for the machine including Bungie's upcoming "shared-world shooter" Destiny, which will include exclusive content for the PS4.
X-Men Destiny allows gamers to control the fate of one of three brand-new mutant characters forced to choose between saving humanity or ensuring its destruction.
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They insisted the world could change -- and knowing that destiny is what human beings make of it, they courageously realized the change they sought.
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"I believe the destiny of Bashar al-Assad should be decided by the Syrians themselves, " he said.
In Liberia, for example, Marcontee Okai was inspired to set up the exquisitely-named "Girls of Destiny Reading and Etiquette Club".
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Yes, Obama did something similar (his father's humble beginnings in Kenya), but there was a difference: in Jonathan's version there was the subtext of a God-ordained destiny.
This is because those rarefied debates on the break-up of Britain are invariably conducted in the grandiloquent language of national destiny and constitutional architecture.
This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
Later Muhammad would call it layla al-qadr (the "Night of Destiny") because it had made him the messenger of Allah, the high god of Arabia.
Like Chelsea in the Premier League, Twente have the comfort of controlling their own destiny - they lead by a point from Ajax, who visit NEC.
This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
Despite continued infighting--Destiny's Child was soon down to a trio--the band kept churning out albums and became the top-selling female recording group of all time.
Elie became one of the most high-profile online poker processors and even married a former Playboy Playmate, Destiny Davis, the day after he was indicted.
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The final opportunity fell to Italy as Argentine-born Camoranesi forced another decent stop from Paston - but destiny was on New Zealand's side and, on the balance of chances if not ther amount of possession, they fully deserved to take their World Cup points tally to two following their opening draw with Slovakia.
Among Tory fans, in contrast, Mr Clegg is hailed as a man whose destiny is to re-draw the political map on the centre-right.
With multiple options for city growth, unexpected gameplay events that shape the destiny of the city, and city-to-city relationships, players will see recognizable changes that bring forth aesthetic and gameplay alterations based on the decisions made in the game - for better or for worse.
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"We have a number of people who want to invest in the club but the problem is that chairman Howard Wilkinson and chief executive Nick Parker are not in control of its destiny and are relying on the Co-op bank to do the right thing, " the source added.
We, Scotland, have our destiny in our hands - we gave the ball up to Wales, but if we take care of the ball we can take care of the game.
Growing up in a ramshackle vicarage in a small Welsh border town in the 1940s, Ms Sage witnessed the end of an era when people knew their place and the 11-plus examination could decide a child's destiny.
But obviously there is a lot of work that remains to be done so that we can create a two-state solution in the Middle East in which we have an Israel that is secure and fully accepted by its neighbors, and a Palestinian people that have their own state, self-determination, and the ability to chart their own destiny.
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Last year, Forbes.com studied these differences (See: " The Best Places to Die") and discovered that when it comes to end-of-life issues, geography can be destiny for the terminally ill.
We should re-engage now, so we are the masters of our own destiny.
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