Word: thrive
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JOURNALISTS are used to being outsiders. We spend our time watching other people's lives. We thrive on conflict and human suffering, and then, for lack of a better term, exploit it so that fellow outsiders can peer in and gasp with us. Along the way, some of us at least try to impart some lesson about justice, and hope that the lesson isn't lost amid the squawking...
Whether by war or by peaceful means, Iraq's occupation of Kuwait will eventually end. Kuwait Inc. will thrive as it always has, as will most Kuwaitis. The question then is whether Kuwait, the nation, can become New Kuwait...
Some business leaders believe that debt, in moderation, can have a positive influence. According to the so-called creative theory of debt, the discipline of working under leverage inspires managers to work harder and be more innovative. Says Robert Amman, chief executive of Western Union: "Some people thrive in a crisis environment. It's like ballplayers who perform under pressure during the World Series or the Super Bowl...
...Southernness began to arise around the time I defected to Cambridge. In place of Southern courtesy (a cliche grounded firmly in reality), I found scowling store clerks, irate motorists and pedestrians engaging in mortal defiance on city streets. I realize now that a part of me really does thrive "down home...
...make way for the Oahe reservoir. He moved to the plains northwest of Fort Pierre, S. Dak., and put his purebred cattle on grass. They were devastated in the 1966 blizzard, and so Houck decided to experiment with buffalo. Today he has 3,000 head that seem to thrive in the cold and the heat. Houck slaughters a thousand bison a year and sells all the meat he can produce. Bill Mathers doubts he will ever switch to bison. But as he stands on Horse Creek Butte and looks at his land, he won't rule it out totally...