Word: thriving
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...normal situation in Latin American republics seems to be a state of flux, since they all thrive on revolutions, revolts, riots. During the past week the following rumbles were heard...
Another version of his birth is founded upon the superstition that a foundling will thrive when adopted. "Baby Eleutherios" was supposed to have been abandoned by his parents. Some relatives who were, by previous arrangement, passing by, picked him up and restored him to his father and mother as a "foundling...
...This was said to make certain the end of prohibition in Norway when the Storting (Parliament) meets in the middle of January. The fact that there is an early chance of a complete revocation of the Prohibition law delighted many, but not the bootleggers, who have managed to thrive on smuggling spirits...
Artfully concealed in the body of a story from Shelby, Mont., is the vital intelligence that "booze" and "real good beer" are available. Six dance halls thrive in this town of 400 that will play host on July 4 to the Dempsey Gibbons fight for the heavyweight championship. Lesser details of the despatch revealed that eight miles of railroad track will be installed for Pullman parking space, the two schools will be turned into temporary lodging houses, canvas and wooden shacks are rising like weeds, and other arrangements are feverishly under way, at a cost of $250,000, to take...
Accordingly, activities spring up in the University without much blowing of trumpets; if they meet no genuine need, they soon pass into oblivion and no one but their unlucky sponsors mourns their departure. But if they have any excuse for existence, they take root and thrive without artificial encouragement. Those who have a use for them seek them out and profit by the opportunities they offer; while those who have no concern with their purposes need not be urged to support them...