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White people who live in tropical climates-according to Kipling, Conrad, Somerset Maugham and other tale-spinners-generally suffer a morbid decay called tropical deterioration. Not so, say the scientists. A monumental study recently published in Medicine argues that white men, if well-fed and guarded against disease, can thrive in the tropics...
With Leo dashing on & off the field, it usually takes the Dodgers longer than any other club to play a nine-inning game. The Dodgers seem to thrive on continuous hubbub; their rivals don't. Explains Leo: "When I'm out on that field I like nobody but the guy who's got Dodger written on his chest. Now afterwards, sure, I'll take one of the other team out and buy them dinner, but during the game I hate them...
...anti-American crime is not the color of a man's skin. The crime is the color of a man's mind. The shoddy, envenomed mentalities that thrive at the expense of their neighbors should be held strictly accountable to a court...
...aggressive designs." He replied: "It won't change a damned thing. They are saying that anyhow. But it would help us to make people understand that we have to gather all our strength and resources for whatever is in store for us. Otherwise the Russians will continue to thrive on division. There is no country in the world where they have not attempted to exploit for their own benefit any political or economic confusion...
...attempt to impose unnatural bonds upon normal political activity in Council elections would deny the ideal of fullest possible participation. Cliques and bloes which thrive on low vote turnouts could more readily victimize the Councils. The use of the preferential ballot has been beneficial in preventing minority-backed candidates from finishing first. The present election procedure is by no means perfect in this respect, but it does mark departure from the antiquated idea that all political division is an evil...