Word: horizons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the end of the recession just starting to appear on the horizon, Western Europeans will have to begin thinking about the long-range policies that will give them a solid foundation for future economic growth. It will take strong politicians and firm economic policies to do that. Brittan borrowed a line from Shakespeare's Henry V to sum up Europe's economic mission: "He which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart...
...didn't make any mistakes and rowed well--any other year we would have won with that time." cox Greg Soghikian said yesterday. Harvard finished in 5:53.2. only one second behind Princeton. with Yale a distant third in 6:01.5 and the other three boats somewhere below the horizon...
Throughout its brief history, Israel has beckoned the sturdy and inspired the strong with the prospect of a great horizon. But in the day-to-day struggle for security, that horizon has remained largely unfocused. Political Scientist Hertzel Fishman, considering this, observes that Israel must now forge "a national character out of its many cultures, political backgrounds and ethnic origins. Israel has a basic instinct for survival. What the country needs is a sense of destiny." Defining that destiny cannot be accomplished on one election day. Nor can greatness for Israel ever be merely a matter of territory...
...saying to each other, 'This is asinine, but if that is the way the game is played, I'll play the game.' I don't know of any business school professor in the country who has ever taught anybody that a short-term profit horizon is the right thing. Business schools are the places that teach value analysis. The short-term outlook reflects the business environment. And I don't pay our graduates $35,000 a year; Wall Street does. I can keep them reasonably humble when I grade their papers, but when Wall Street...
...such a new world, reaching to the far horizon without break of tree or chimney stack: just sky and grass and grass and sky....The hush was so loud. As I lay in my unplastered upstairs room, the heavens seemed nearer than ever before and awe and beauty and mystery over...