Word: horizons
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...shooting in October—of the area’s decline. “It’s turning into the projects,” says Harper, who just completed training at the Mobile Electronics Technical School and, with the prospect of a well-paying job on the horizon, is seeking to move out of his parents’ home. “I can see it happening even since I’ve lived here. Two of my friends have gotten shot, there have been stabbings. When I was six or seven, I could play outside when...
...residents, has survived all kinds of competition. The rural bank has remained independently owned for its entire 83 years, even through the Great Depression, says Dan Coup, its president and CEO. But Coup is worried that his bank may not survive what he sees on the horizon: Wal-Mart. "They could run us out of business in a heartbeat...
...Public opinion polls conducted in recent years by the Horizon Group, an independent research outfit in Beijing, show that an almost schizophrenic attitude toward the U.S. extends far beyond the upper echelons of Chinese society. A survey in late 2005 showed that two-thirds of the respondents thought Sino-American relations had improved over the last year and that three-quarters of them liked American culture - but the U.S. was also rated as the world's most unfriendly country toward China. Some 56% said they didn't believe that Americans respect China...
...perceived problems, the GED's popularity persists, and it's not clear that there are better alternatives on the horizon. The number of test takers took a dip after the test was redesigned in 2002, but has been rising ever since. But even the makers of the GED say that its success is in many ways a sad statement on the ability of schools to keep students. As the ACE's Schaefer puts it, "We always say how wonderful it would be, how delighted we'd be, if we could close the door on the GED because students are staying...
Every year we like to lift our eyes from the present to peer further ahead at the trends on the horizon. Our exploration this time sparked a lively debate on the merits of digital moviemaking...