Word: thrive
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...country's busiest port, second largest financial center (after New York City) and gateway to the Pacific Rim. Mainly, though, L.A.'s boosters are counting on the very factor that makes the city an object of scorn: the expansive growth that makes it possible for businesses to thrive...
...they all expect him to thrive in the post. "His job [at the Mellon Foundation] was demanding and he liked it a lot, but he wasn't in a big university community, and I think he missed that," says Sonya...
Another fellow Silber supporter and Mather resident, Andrew J. Mirabella '91, says that, while he doesn't think Gallagher picks fights intentionally, he seemed to thrive on "fighting constant battles against people who were saying that Silber...
...publicizing the advantages that parochial schools can offer, the church hopes to help a good system thrive once again. In the process, by increasing a sense of competition for students and an awareness of the value of a rigorous education, the campaign could even serve to spur the nation's public schools...
Penetrating political cartoons are not merely news reporting or even news analysis. They are lamps that illuminate the complexity of issues, spears that jab relentlessly for chinks in a politician's armor, magnifying glasses that invite public inspection of government corruption or incompetence. Cartoonists thrive on controversy, hoping to add reason to the irrational and scope to the sensational...