Word: thrive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...diet is very useful in treating typhoid fever. Doctors know that typhoid patients thrive on a hearty diet, but most typhoid patients do not feel like eating. Administered by tube, the synthetic diet also works better than ordinary food because it leaves almost no residue to irritate inflamed intestines. Result: some patients, even those with high fevers, actually gain weight while they are sick...
...contrary, WAVES thrive of plenty of exercise and outdoor life manage to keep in trim despite plenty of Navy chow, and never meet an enemy Jap except behind bars. They could probably throw him for a loop...
Most apiarists have supposed that bees thrive only on nectar, but a Soviet bee student, E. Arefyeff of the Maikop Agricultural Research Station, thought of trying them on other foods. He fed them nectar, laced with essences of fruits, fruit-tree leaves, aromatic grasses like mint. The honeyed results were pleasing. Fruit-fed bees produced honey rich in vitamin C; mint-fed bees gave honey that had pleas ant fragrance as well as taste...
...solution, and theirs, is to preserve a place in Europe by getting along with Russia if possible. Britain may be forced to vie with Russia in Europe, but she hopes for a worldwide order in which European rivalries may be merged and in which the Empire may thrive. Richard Kidston Law, next in rank to Anthony Eden, told the American Chamber of Commerce in London: "The interests of the U.S. and the British Commonwealth demand a worldwide political and economic system...
They're faced with a tremendous task, both financial and editorial, but the respective staffs of the junior and senior class books, "The Rough Roll" in each instance, seem to thrive on the extra work. Co-editing the junior book, which will make its appearance some time in May, are Midn. H. M. Anderson and Ens. E. K. Houser. Anderson was in journalism at Ohio Wesleyan University, while Houser had his training at Carleton College. Ens. Jack Morrill, also a Carleton graduate, handles the financial problems as business manager...