Word: dependence
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...first started making movies, when I made Raiders of the Lost Ark, we stayed in theaters for a year. But now you're a hit and it stays in theaters for three months. I think there's such an appetite for different forms of entertainment, we can't depend on a big motion picture audience who isn't distracted by listening to your ipods, playing your interactive video games, watching television, going to concerts or just going to a restaurant and talking. People are just impatient with the distance between a movie coming to your local theater...
...offering everything from Swiss-style chalets to trails in the shadow of the Great Wall. But few of the runs are long enough to take more than a minute to complete. Local topography is hilly rather than mountainous and poses little challenge to ardent ski demons. Many resorts also depend on artificial snow, which, in addition to providing less-than-ideal schussing conditions, requires thousands of tons of water in a region already suffering from drought. With Chinese skiers clamoring for tougher runs and posher digs, Western ski-resort companies are scouting out the market?just as foreign golf-course...
Even if H5N1 remains a problem mostly among birds, however, the virus could have a devastating economic impact on Chisholm and many other farmers and the businesses that depend on them. Poultry sales have already plummeted across Asia and Europe. Overall, U.S. exports of broiler chickens were down 30% in December 2005 compared with the prior year. The greatest danger, however, may be in Africa, where the income, not to mention the food, that chickens provide can mean the difference between life and death...
...offering everything from Swiss-style chalets to trails in the shadow of the Great Wall. But few of the runs are long enough to take more than a minute to complete. Local topography is hilly rather than mountainous and poses little challenge to ardent ski demons. Many resorts also depend on artificial snow, which, in addition to providing less-than-ideal schussing conditions, requires thousands of tons of water in a region already suffering from drought. With Chinese skiers clamoring for tougher runs and posher digs, Western ski-resort companies are scouting out the market-just as foreign golf-course...
...Proposals to extend T hours are an issue that students should voice their opinions on. Likewise MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas has proposed a 25 percent increase in the cost of a fare on the T. Although this issue is not solely relevant to Harvard students, since most students depend on the T for transportation to and from Boston, it is a cause that is worth investing...