Word: horizons
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...hills are burning along highway 14. Columns of smoke dot the rolling horizon, and charred tree stumps smolder on the slopes. It may look like a vision of destruction, but Nguyen Van Quyen sees riches rising from the ashes. He's looking not at the felled trees, but at the rows of green bushes next to them. For every fire in Dak Lak province, there is more land to grow coffee and cotton. And Quyen has a hectare to plant. For a young man of 24, with a wife and new baby, it's a dream come true...
...message the President is sending is that his foreign policy is going to be based on reality." Oh? That word is a handy portmanteau for just about any policy the Administration might adopt, but it doesn't clarify a thing. So let's take a little tour d'horizon, as the diplomats say, through the issues that are raising red flags...
Harvard needed two wins to advance to single-elimination play, and the situation looked bleak with No. 23 Wisconsin and Southeast Missouri State looming on the horizon. But the Crimson won both games in come-from behind, extra-inning fashion...
...message the President is sending is that his foreign policy is going to be based on reality." Oh? That word is a handy portmanteau for just about any policy the Administration might adopt, but it doesn't clarify a thing. So let's take a little tour d'horizon, as the diplomats say, through the issues that are raising red flags...
...start planning any guilt-free buffet binges just yet: At this point, of course, any pill for humans is but a twinkle in the eye of every pharmaceutical company's CEO. More extensive tests are on the horizon, and eventually human subjects will be introduced...