Word: thrive
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...huge laughs on such lines as "Let copulation thrive;" "Ha! Goneril, with a white beard!" (to Gloucester), and "Let me wipe it (my hand) first; it smells of mortality." is difficult to imagine, but Mr. Carnovsky accomplishes it. And he thereby undermines the dignity, stature, and power he works so hard to establish in the early parts of the play and achieves right from Act I, Scene I--which any actor who has tackled the role will tell you is almost unplayable for credibility...
...third of the continent's Protestant population. Typical of these younger churchlets is Argentina's fundamentalist Union of the Assemblies of God, which has grown from 400 to 6,500 since 1948, now has 142 preaching centers scattered throughout the country. Its members are baptized by immersion, thrive on strongly Biblical sermons, give 10% of their substance to help pay for preaching on radio and television while their ministers support themselves with secular jobs...
...parasites that cling to the queen are females, and when she lays her eggs they lay eggs of their own. Dutifully, the fire ant workers care for both sets of eggs and raise the infant parasites just as if they were young of their own species. The parasites thrive while their considerate hosts all but work themselves to death taking care of them The fire ant economy is wrecked. The Healthy parasites mate conveniently in the nest and then fly away to subvert and weaken other fire ant colonies...
...well as providing an inspiring alternative to the congested lunch-counters in the square, a balcony picnic ground might stir the beginnings of a new kind of college spirit to fill the vacuum left by the decline of the loyalty to Harvard that used to thrive on college songs, rivalries with Yale and ivy walls...
...with concepts than with figures, with ways of thinking than with graphs. This is no excuse, however, for blithely disregarding the obstacles for blithely disregarding the obstacles that have brought recent disarmament conferences to a standstill, nor does it justify ignoring the economic interests in the United States which thrive on the arms race and and seek to perpetuate...