Word: thrive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...political machines, large or small, so that the Constitution of the United States of America may live on as an inspiration to the world at large. We cannot hope to lead the world as a symbol of freedom and humanitarianism when we allow dozens of would-be Hitlers to thrive in our own country...
Real science cannot thrive except while pursuing a high, non-practical purpose: "The physicist returns from the war to cultivate his science. We are the inheritors of a great scientific tradition and of a beautiful structure of knowledge. It is the duty of our generation to add to the perfection of this structure and to pass on to the next generation the best traditions of our science for the edification and entertainment of all mankind...
...many Quebeckers, the disorders seemed justified. The Jehovah's Witnesses are virulent in their attacks on organized religion, are particularly offensive against Roman Catholicism. But more thoughtful Quebeckers well knew that the Witnesses, who thrive on persecution, had made a case for themselves in Canada's Catholic province, had showed the rest of the Dominion that many of Quebec's people subscribe to free speech only up to a point. Said the Toronto Star: "The offensiveness of the Witnesses' methods does not justify people ... in taking the law into their own hands...
...Neill, she would scarcely have been interested. She was busy making the rounds of English country houses, romping on the Riviera, sampling the Paris styles and setting a few herself. Ann O'Neill had a mind of her own, and sometimes it got her into trouble. "I thrive," she told friends, "on my antagonisms...
Gift-item wholesalers, who thrive in times of famine, were the only happy men. They took orders as they came, but made no delivery promises. The quality of some of the items spoke sadly for U.S. taste, and proved again that dollars often burn hottest in unfamiliar pockets. Said one plump buyer, clutching a dismal little religious diorama made of shells and priced to retail at $6: "Aren't they awful? But they'll sell." Other bestsellers...