Word: thrive
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...consider myself a Democrat, because although I would love to see third parties thrive in America, I recognize that's not going to happen...
...companies not born on the Web have figured out how to thrive there. (Apple, with its post-PC iPhone, could be the shining exception.) As Gates turns his attention full time to philanthropy, I wonder what will be left of the great company he founded, Microsoft, by the time Gates picks up a Nobel Prize for Peace. Clearly, a business with $26 billion in cash reserves isn't exactly at death's door. And Microsoft continues to be enormously profitable, thanks to its operating system monopoly. Thanks, that is, to Gates's genius...
...even as Craigslist continues to thrive - it's expected to rake in some $80 million this year - the site's design and user experience have changed little since it began. "There is a stunning lack of innovation in classifieds," says Craig Donato, founder and CEO of Oodle, which doubled the number of monthly visitors to its site over the past year to nearly two million. The San Mateo, Calif., company with 50 employees and some $19 million in venture capital funding recently made headlines for its deal to host classifieds on walmart.com. Once just a search site that scraped listings...
...best on-the-ball defender in the NBA. The Celtics don't have a perimeter stopper quite as good as Bowen, so it's best that they throw different guys at him. Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and James Posey will likely share the burden of stopping Kobe. "All players thrive off rhythm," says Anthony. "If Kobe spots one guy's weakness, he'll run with that all day. If you mix up your defenders a lot, it might make him think. And if he's not just relying on his instincts, he won't be as aggressive or explosive...
...going to be a challenge...We were in it for most of those games, too, it was just a matter of trying to get over the hump.” The toughest task for the newly-appointed Tillman was finding a way to get his offense and defense to thrive at the same time. With both sides of the ball consisting mostly of underclassmen, Harvard’s first new coach in almost 20 years brought in specialists to help his squad on ‘D’ and at the faceoff X. “I think...