It was a tribute to your perseverance, your relentless focus and determination over many years.

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Our hearts go out to you, and we admire your pluck and perseverance.

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If you ever get one of these adverse-action letters, any efforts to dig a little deeper into the circumstances behind your low score requires more perseverance than most people are willing to put forth.

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But what unites everyone is that in all of your families you have stories of perseverance that are uniquely American.

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