Word: thrive
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This racist message is evidence that hateful attitudes can still thrive here. Although Harvard is often characterized as America's premier institution of higher learning, it is not immune from the anti-intellectual forces of prejudice and racism...
...right to volunteer and accomplish much more than your vote possibly could. A Republican administration might well eliminate HOPE 6. Will that negate the will of the hundreds of caring Boston and Cambridge residents (and, yes, lowly Harvard students) who take it upon themselves to help Mission Hill thrive as a community and to help its residents break out of the cycle of poverty and unemployment...
...WHEN MAO ZEDONG'S COMMUnist forces pushed Chiang Kai-shek's regime off mainland China and drove it to Taiwan, few expected the resource-poor province to thrive. Nevertheless, in its new home, the Republic of China has become one of East Asia's "economic miracles," with a per capita GNP today of $12,500. Even that transformation, though, is less startling than Taiwan's political revolution, culminating last Saturday in the presidential election. Voters ignored missile rattling from the mainland and gave current President Lee Teng-hui a strong mandate. He won 54% of the vote, more than twice...
...Milken is realistic. He knows that in men who have undergone hormone therapy, the cancer cells eventually learn to thrive and multiply without testosterone, usually within a year or two. While Milken has reacted unusually well to the treatment, he is all too aware that he has not been cured. "We just don't know how long before it comes back," he says. "It's not that it's gone. It's how long...
...resurgent Irish pride has also helped Riverdance thrive. The brief history of the troupe coincides with a period of real progress in the peacemaking process in Northern Ireland. Says Doherty: "It was really a great time to be Irish. People took pride in rediscovering their culture. They felt good about themselves." Still, the team decided to diversify the content. Whelan adapted some flamenco rhythms that marry well with the jig. In one segment a Spanish dancer performs to traditional accompaniment; in another she does moves similar...