Word: horizons
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...there hope on the horizon? Probably not. Since Bill Buckner’s error and Len Bias’ death in 1986, no Boston team has won a championship. This from a city that craves professional sports on an almost unparalleled level...
Kayaking back to our boat, we sailed until sunset, dropped anchor in a secluded cove and stretched out on deck to watch meteors flash across the night sky. Out in the bay, lights from squid fishers bobbed on the horizon like fallen stars. Behind us, moonlit rock giants towered over the still waters and silver beaches in their timeless repose. In the dark silence, Ha Long Bay was holding onto its beauty...
...World Trade Center after the first attack. When the second plane hit, bewilderment at a faraway spectacle turned into a much more personal, creeping panic. The Chicago staff of the Piper Jaffray investment firm suddenly redirected their gazes toward the windows, quietly searching for jets on their own horizon. The 110-story Sears Tower, even taller than the World Trade Center, is the tallest building in the U.S.; a vulnerable target. Bernard's wife called him and insisted he come home. Within an hour, the building was evacuated...
...already pumping emergency liquidity into the banking system by a hundred times its normal daily dose. A deep Fed rate cut is likely; a capital-gains tax cut might be on the horizon. And some Wall Street analysts are raising the possibility that capital spending from businesses - whose pre-explosion problems may seem a bit less serious now - could follow. If this is indeed a new world, some may be moved to take this opportunity to invest in it. Certainly the forces of rebuilding, of renovation are economic engines of their...
...World Trade Center after the first attack. When the second plane hit, bewilderment at a faraway spectacle turned into a much more personal, creeping panic. The Chicago staff of the Piper Jaffray investment firm suddenly redirected their gazes toward the windows, quietly searching for jets on their own horizon. The 110-story Sears Tower, even taller than the World Trade Center, is the tallest building in the U.S.; a vulnerable target. Bernard's wife called him and insisted he come home. Within an hour, the building was evacuated...