Word: boon
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...large, couples find that not only has it not been a problem, it's been a boon. You see each other more; you're better companions. Without work to preoccupy you, you can listen to the other person...
...that persists in saying what it does not mean and meaning what it does not say? Putting aside the lack of candor, such contact (even if it doesn't bear fruit immediately) must go on at all costs. The world cannot afford to witness yet another disastrous conflict. Tan Boon Tee Trengganu, Malaysia...
...brand trying to stand out in a crowded field, such a ban is a boon for business. Who doesn't want the forbidden fruit? The buzz plus a technology that delivers on its promise--the winner of a recent 3,100-mile ultramarathon in New York City, not sanctioned by USA Track & Field, finished the race in Spiras--has helped the company's sales jump, from $650,000 in 2002 to $3.9 million last year. The company now turns a profit and is on pace to double sales, to $8 million in 2005. "Spira is already comparable to the best...
...charted shorelines, prepared landing beaches, provided guides through the jungle and helped in the rescue of Allied servicemen whose boats or planes had been destroyed. Lord writes that in the central Solomons, where U.S. troops experienced some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, the Coastwatchers were a boon to Allied morale...
...beyond that Niger doesn't have much that can make it better off. Its government is a reasonably good one by historic standards, but good governance alone won't cure all the country's problems. Even reducing agricultural subsidies in the rich world is unlikely to prove the boon to Niger that it could be to other African countries. Unfortunately for Niger, geography is more important than governance or markets. Landlocked and mostly desert, Niger is close to being a country that shouldn't exist, a hardscrabble land fenced into an uneconomic box by colonial-era borders. So what...