Word: prospers
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...correct in its long-term goal to integrate non-English speakers into the United States, but bilingual education is not the way to do so. Rapid immersion, on the other hand, gives these students the exposure to English so necessary if one is to get by, let alone prosper, in the United States today...
...media is willfully distorting factual information in support of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, others are raising profound objections to a knee-jerk military solution to a universally-recognized problem. Only a few are looking at why such tyrants as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein emerge and seem to prosper in the world, and what factors turn villains (from our viewpoint) into heroes (from the viewpoint of many in the developing world...
...island is postcard gorgeous. The mineral glitter of its beaches cedes to vertiginous mountains and the misty mysteries of half-hidden valleys. "Most visitors are surprised by the unspoiled beauty of Flores," says Koro. "And the people here have realized tourism is our only hope if we are to prosper. They are learning what real service means...
...sounds counterintuitive, but you have to build economies around protection," says Gustavo Fonseca, senior vice president for science at Conservation International. With 6 billion people and counting, the world is too crowded to fence off wilderness areas and ignore the impact on human livelihood. Communities must be able to prosper alongside wilderness without encroaching on it. "The future of conservation can be described in one word: zoning," says Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist for the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. "We cannot stop development, nor should we. The most we can do is have it in places where it does...
...involved, but in China alone the average verbal score rose by more than 14% this year compared with last year, a gain officials say can only be explained by mass cheating. Officials can't tell who broke the rules, so all individual scores will stand. Who says cheaters never prosper...