Word: horizons
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...White did in his column "Don't Waste Your Breath" [DIVIDING LINE, April 2], we need to take care of a previous debt. Native Americans had an entire hemisphere stolen from them, and they suffered under a virtual "open hunting season" from the time Columbus appeared on the horizon. To repay Native Americans for our ill-gotten gains would mean we would have to give them--well, everything. JIM OSBORNE Indianapolis...
...Amber was the dull one, you say? Amber had upside. She still looked plenty good, and when Colby and she went one-two in the Reward Challenge rope course, she was definitely threatening to join the living, personality-wise. And when she stared down the horizon and uttered those unforgettable words - "Hope. Hope for a fish. A nice night with no rain." - something stirred. She was the savant, the Chauncey Gardiner of the outback, and by the end of all this we'll all be in love with...
...Chen is out for blood. The 19-year-old powers his F-8 into full throttle. After a careful scan of the horizon, Xiu takes a deep breath and lets a missile loose. Two seconds later, a lumbering plane in the distance erupts into a Technicolor fireball. "Mission complete," says Xiu, easing back in his seat. "China, 1; America...
...face of rising consumer ire. Officials now insist they will keep the vigilant - or excessive, according to the beef industry - screening processes implemented in the final year of the Clinton administration. And while consumer groups chalked up this victory, they are well aware of new battles on the horizon, including the looming possibility of irradiating truckloads of meat rather than inspecting every piece...
...difficult assignment at the office or finish a vigorous workout. And when the brain is awash in dopamine, the whole cardiovascular system goes into sympathetic overdrive, increasing your heart rate, pulse and even your respiration. You become, after that first hit of speed, gloriously, brilliantly, vigorously awake. Your horizon of aspiration expands outward, just as in your mind's eye your capacity for taking effective action to achieve your new, optimistic goals has also grown exponentially. Then, eventually, maybe in an hour, maybe in a day, maybe in a year, you run out of speed. And you crash...