Word: horizons
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...economic systems in large measure because it is backed up by the threat of Soviet force. The leaders and citizens of other lands would not feel quite so haunted by the specter of Communism if they were not concerned about Soviet troops over the border, or missiles over the horizon, or secret stockpiles of Kalashnikov automatic rifles and cadres of KGB agents
Anthropologist Richard Leakey opens his tour d'horizon by describing some of his own finds, including the famed skull 1470 that revealed Homo habilis, the first true man, to be more than 2 million years old. Always giving credit where it is due, Leakey goes on to describe the earlier findings in South Africa of Raymond Dart and Robert Broom, who unearthed human ancestors more than 3 million years old, as well as to discuss Don Johanson's dramatic discovery of Lucy, the famous four-foot-tall Ethiopian who walked upright at least 3 million years...
...German sources dubbed it a "hot line on wheels," and said it was in direct contact with the communications center at Schloss Gymnich. In the garden of the estate, the Soviets set up a dish-shaped microwave transmitter. Its purpose: to beam messages to Moscow via the Soviet satellite "Horizon" that overflies Western Europe...
...instance, in a letter to an editor at Horizon magazine, apparently responding to a request to sit for a photograph, Thurber writes...
When corporations want insights into the sort of economic and social conditions in which they will have to do business in six months' or even six years' time, they often turn to one of several think tanks that specialize in looking over the horizon. A leader in the field is SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., which helped Merrill Lynch develop its innovative Cash Management Account that combines checking, brokerage and credit cards services. Founded in 1946 in cooperation with nearby Stanford University and formerly named the Stanford Research Institute, SRI has been independent since 1970. It numbers...