Word: horizons
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...unlikely for the increasingly embattled and defensive Bush administration. Four of his five presidential vetoes have come in this year alone. And with Congress also suffering low approval ratings, it lacks the confidence necessary to override the president. The 2008 election is the most significant political event on the horizon. With this much at stake, it’s simply lazy to bemoan the length of the election. Instead, we should make use of the coming months to analyze the candidates’ honesty, ability to lead, and commitment to the issues that matter to us. Slow and steady wins...
...truth is that the finding underscores the complexity of the Iran nuclear issue in a way that undermines efforts to paint it as a fast-moving peril on the horizon - especially to an American public that feels it was already duped once on Iraq's supposed WMD. President Bush made headlines six weeks ago by warning that Iran's nuclear activity could be the cause of World War III. Even then, his words were carefully chosen: Bush did not say World War III would be the consequence of Iran attaining a nuclear weapon; he said, "If you're interested...
...future fate of the trees? Fuentes said that the possibility of a reemergence of greenery is not on the horizon...
...world's largest oil-refinery complex sits on an arid peninsula off the western coast of Venezuela. The Paraguan facility processes more than 700,000 bbl. of crude each day for the state-owned oil monopoly, Petrleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), while tankers line up on the Caribbean horizon to ship it around the world. Towering burn-off pipes, as loud as jet engines, shoot flames above giant posters of President Hugo Chvez. His fist raised, he roars, "Of course...
...Amaker said. “If we’re not getting the kind of play that he is capable of we may not be as good.”Up against the wall, the team responded, and with a tough Michigan squad on the horizon, Harvard made sure it will go into this much anticipated match-up with momentum on its side.“We got together as a team,” said Harris. “We said there’s no reason we should lose this game and we took it upon ourselves...