Rules once deemed acceptable may not apply in the same ways today.

"The president's leadership has achieved successes once deemed impossible to realize in so short a period of time."

Potrero Hill, once deemed too far south, was suddenly a stone throw away.

Dogpatch, once deemed too far south, was suddenly a stone's throw away.

Once deemed ugly and unsafe, the structure is today the pride of the capital.

It will discuss human rights, once haughtily deemed an "internal matter."

Indeed, the fastest enrollment growth has taken place among those languages once deemed "exotic."

Having tapped most other sources of workers, they are now tapping people who were once deemed unsuitable.

"While once deemed true, we now know that coffee is not dehydrating," Clark tells me.

Most of these mayors can point to a particular accomplishment in cities once deemed ungovernable.