Word: horizons
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Sunny skies grace the horizon for the Harvard men's crew this spring season. With a legend for a coach and a winning history from here to Henley, the Crimson has high expectations despite graduating six seniors...
...fellow men and that he becomes dissatisfied when the leaders of the city begin to put restrictions ("Don't catch more than three fish," "Please be careful with the chairs") on his freedom. Nevertheless, before Jimmy has the chance to act on his convictions, a typhoon appears on the horizon. With the destruction of the city imminent, Jimmy decides that, if he must die tomorrow, he will live this day to the fullest. The typhoon misses the city, but Jimmy's philosophy strikes a chord and the city, allowing everyone total freedom, descends to the deepest levels...
...cannot see everything forever--just everything within its horizon, which for Deep Blue means everything that can happen within the next 10 or 15 moves or so. The very best human player could still beat it (as Kasparov did subsequently) because he can intuit--God knows how--what the general shape of things will be 20 moves from...
There are many changes on the horizon in the competitive world of college admissions. While there will be a steady rise in the number of graduating seniors each year through the year 2010, much of the increase will come in areas far from New England. In addition, many of the communities slated for the largest increases face economic challenges that could severely compromise the high school graduation rates of their students. We will continue our aggressive high school recruiting program, and we will do even more to encourage middle school and younger students to stay in school and take challenging...
...which is surprising since Grozny was razed, and casualties mounted only after the Russian army invaded. Although Yeltsin realizes how low he has sunk in pre-election polls, his press secretary, Sergei Medvedev, says Yeltsin refuses to "beg" Jokar Dudayev for peace, which means talks are not on the horizon. TIME'S Yuri Zarakhovich reports: "This war is destroying Russia. People aren't being paid. The Army is hungry. It's no coincidence that Russia is asking the IMF for 9 billion dollars, which is 30 trillion roubles: the cost of the Chechnya campaign. If Yeltsin pulls off a peace...