Word: robustly
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Capitalism's promise, by contrast, is the creation of a more robust economic life, and the record of delivery is good. "Private enterprise is now the universal belief," says Bernardo Villegas, chief economist for the Center for Research and Communication in the Philippines. Leaders in Africa, Asia and Latin America are increasingly turning to free markets to develop impoverished economies and catch up with the rest of the world...
...Raymond Hay: "We are fully confident that we will emerge from Chapter 11 as a strong, viable company." Indeed, bankruptcy in recent years has become much less final than it sounds. Last year the Wickes retailing and building-supply company and Continental Air both emerged from Chapter 11 in robust condition...
...pivotal roles, recasting reduces the pain and power of the play. Michael Siberry, blond and robust, plays Nicholas as one of nature's optimists, buoyant with pride and hope. The dark, hollowed look and manner of the original Nicholas, Roger Rees, better suggested the character's boundless disillusionment. As Nicholas' battered Dotheboys friend Smike, David Threlfall was recognizably a victim of cerebral palsy, lame and inarticulate, whose great soul struggled to overcome his infirmities. His successor, John Lynch, skitters and jibbers in an otherworldly fashion that never resembles any sympathy-evoking affliction...
...turns out that minoxidil can indeed grow hair, but it rarely produces a robust crop. It works best on the scalps of men who are just beginning to go bald, especially those in their early 20s. Only a fraction of the nation's millions of balding men meet those criteria. This limited efficacy is borne out by Upjohn-sponsored tests at 27 centers around the country. According to the company, 76% of the men using a solution that was 2% minoxidil showed evidence of new hair growth after a year. That was the assessment of researchers who regularly counted...
...public disappointment over the outcome of last May's summit of industrial nations in Tokyo. Opponents charged that Nakasone had allowed the U.S. and other trading partners to dictate Japanese economic policy. Nonetheless, the Prime Minister's popularity rating held up well among voters, and currently stands at a robust...