Word: roading
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...American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 should be required reading for every citizen from billionaires to the average person. It was issued by The Committee On Appropriations and is the road map for the $825 billion that the Congress and Administration intend to put into the U.S. economy to jumpstart the economy out of the recession...
...first sentence of the bill reads "The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression." If it requires all of these plans to get America back on the road to recovery, the process will take a decade...
...Lincoln forest, was declared threatened--a ruling that, combined with a slumping timber market, "killed the logging industry," according to Wood. And in 1999 an environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, began petitioning on behalf of the checkerspot, pointing out that it was at risk from development, off-road vehicles and livestock-grazing--or as Nicole Rosmarino, wildlife-program director of WildEarth Guardians, which joined the cause in 2007, puts it, "smelly cows, noisy ATVs and the din of chain saws...
...last decade, for instance, Japanese tourism to the island dropped dramatically. For now, the island's some 330,000 canine residents are being eyed with a new wariness. In the popular Legian area, where a foul stench permeates the strip of bars and clubs along the Double Six Road, the roaming gangs of dogs that have been fixtures in that area pose a new threat. "Now the risk is to stray dogs because they are more aggressive," says Dr. Wita Wahyu, director of the Bali Street Dog Foundation. "And if they are infected, they will bite anything that moves...
...consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit...