Word: livelihood
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...Being the work of a category of people whose very livelihood depends on the American way of life being constantly under threat, "Global Trends 2015" was never going to be sanguine about the prospects for peace and prosperity in the years to come. (Hey, these guys have a budget too.) Still, their assessment is sobering. To be sure, even if they're only half-right, the one thing there'll be no worldwide shortage of over the next 15 years is bad news...
...ranches dominate the Texas psyche. That's why people in the cities still wear cowboy boots despite how difficult it is to walk in that high heel. Johnson's generation was born when Texas was still mostly rural and when most people depended on farming or ranching for their livelihood. The state changed during their lifetime, but their sons and daughters--Bush's generation--who generally have left the country for life in the city, cannot admit to themselves that they have cut their connection to the land. To be born in Texas, even now, is to want a ranch...
Personal worries aside, Slate said he finds the larger trend toward national corporations troubling. After all, he said, it is just easier for companies like Staples or Express, who do not have their livelihood tied up in one or two locations...
Terry Lenzner, chairman of the Washington-based Investigative Group International, is no stranger to scandal. In fact, it's his livelihood...
...prosecutors prepare formal charges of murder against Robinson, they are holding him on charges of assaulting two other women he met in an S&M chat room. His livelihood was criminal as well, according to District Attorney Paul Morrison of Johnson County, Kans., who paints a portrait of an intelligent and agile criminal who wove a tapestry of fraudulent deals, rubber checks and phony companies. "He had no real employment, unless you consider figuring out ways of scamming people out of their money to be real employment," says Morrison. Between 1969 and 1991, Robinson was convicted at least four times...