Word: thrive
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...torsion system" that prevents the frames from falling off the face, and the Swiss Army Watch ($95). The new products have already generated almost $2.5 million in sales this year. Says Forschner chairman Harry Thompson: "The idea is to endlessly build a base on which the knife can thrive." Not to mention Victorinox...
Lawyers and philosophers thrive on legal puzzles. Most journalists wish they would go away. But with publications increasingly mixing reportage and commentary, and with juries eager to reward those skewered by the press -- as evidenced by the $34 million awarded last month to a lawyer who sued the ) Philadelphia Inquirer, even though that award may well be reduced or overturned on appeal -- libel threats are not a matter that news organizations can ignore...
...homogenized here," admits alumnus Derrick Perry, 24. "It's like I didn't realize I was black until I went to Dartmouth." Sexism is probably the most divisive issue. Women, including faculty members, complain that the school remains encumbered with "old boy" history. Yet if Thacher continues to thrive, it is probably because of its throwback traditions. "If there is any single quality we look for," says admissions director Joy Sawyer-Mulligan, "it is a willingness to try something that is not vanilla...
...must search tirelessly for mutual respect and accomodation in our growing interdependence," Wilson said. "We need to understand why it is we differ...and what makes diverse people thrive...
However audiences may judge the event, one thing is certain: the economy of Oberammergau will thrive happily. This year's play, to be performed 95 times through Sept. 30, is expected to attract about 460,000 visitors and generate close to $5 million for the prosperous village. Some things never change...