Word: thriving
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...people who opposed them before the crisis: influential bankers who are concerned about taking on added administrative burdens--and who are worried that they might have to turn down lucrative business from people evading taxes or law enforcement. The bankers get support from conservative policy advocates, who in turn thrive on contributions from financial institutions and other corporations. The conservatives argue that the new rules would in effect raise taxes and create a shadowy "global tax police...
...strategy of terrorist attacks on civilians acceptable or effective? No. Absolutely not. Is it practical to hope that any culture can thrive these days without assimilation to the West, and in particular to America? Probably not. But perhaps to someone like bin Laden, a massive and tragic extermination in a great war might be preferable to a future where Arabs are confined to a small, reserved, corner of the desert—accompanied only by destitution, alcoholism and casinos—and studied by third-graders as “Native Palestinians...
...were a difficult time for repertory theaters and a significant portion of them were forced to close down. But thanks to the tenacity and strength of vision of Marianne Lampke and Connie White, who took over the theater in 1986, the Brattle continued to thrive without having to compromise any of its standards. Lampke and White stayed true to Harvey and Haliday’s original vision but expanded upon it by establishing the “vertical” programming that features a different film almost every night. One night a week was designated for foreign films, another...
...Freshman Seminar program began four decades ago as an attempt to improve undergraduate education during the first year of college. Today, seminars thrive due to their unique format. Somewhat less formal than other first-year courses, the seminars are graded pass-fail, limited to 12 students, and focused in depth on one specialized subject of interest to the professor—from calculating pi in Freshman Seminar 5 to searching for extraterrestrial intelligence in Freshman Seminar 35: “Are We Alone?” This structure contributes significantly to the seminars’ success, as students actively participate...
...wither and die. The merger, of course, never even got out of the hangar, and so this week the top brains at US Airways have finally let the rest of the world in on their "Plan B" - by which US Airlines would not only survive on its own, but thrive...