Word: greenes
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...roads. But even young people in rural areas are looking for something new: not just a better life, but a better system. Vikram Rai, for example, is a 29-year-old college lecturer in Darjeeling, in northeastern India, who can't understand why the water from the lush green countryside is only enjoyed by some people. He has had to buy all his water for the past five years - not just for drinking, but for every household need in the 100-year-old cottage that he shares with his wife, daughters and parents. "It's not like there...
Luckily for the Crimson, that second-half surge was just enough to power them over the Big Green and end the regular season with a win. Harvard scored four consecutive, unanswered goals during the third period, leaving Dartmouth trailing 4-7 as the quarter-ending whistle blew...
...that's not all. Proposals by architects such as Briton Richard Rogers, Italian Paola Vigano, and Frenchmen Jean Nouvel and Christian de Portzamparc involve building futuristic skyscrapers with huge hanging gardens; creating vast city-center parks, green spaces, and even a new forest with a million carbon-battling trees near Charles de Gaulle airport; and renovating disused banks of the Seine. The river, meanwhile, is to be developed into a major transport link for goods to and from the Channel port of Le Havre - which, thanks to a new high-speed train track, will itself become a virtual suburb...
...choose neither path. Instead, they choose to forge their own path by advocating for legislation like the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act would grant legal status to unauthorized youth who arrive in the United States before the age of 16 and meet strict requirements: In order to receive a green card, they would have to complete two years of college or two years of service in the military...
...come to this country to take anyone’s place. What I have achieved, and what I will achieve, is due to the support of others and my own will to succeed.” Today, Lopez is one of the lucky few to have received a green card—but he still courageously fights for those left behind...