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...Mansfield or Will, who are quite able to defend themselves if they so choose. I do, however, denounce the historical comparisons as blatantly misguided, obnoxious, and abusive. No matter what he has said or done, Scott Singer has never advocated the establishment of an independent state where slavery might thrive. Professor Mansfield has never advocated violent lynchings and general hatred towards any man. And certainly, in none of his columns has Mr. Will ever defended a system of government that collected, tortured, and murdered millions of men, women and children...
...universities must realize that for the city to thrive around them it needs a tax base," he said...
...sometimes you're small. For those who believe in such chronic convulsions, the business world last week provided the spectacle of two cycles reaching opposite apogees at once, of simultaneous expansion and fragmentation. But here is the twist on the ancient adage: one corporation divides, the better to thrive; two companies, meanwhile, join for astonishing cash flow--but in so doing step into new uncertainties...
...ability of A.A. to thrive elsewhere in the world suggests that the organization is adaptive enough to absorb all these cultural shifts. For one thing, if a visitor does not like one meeting, there is often another somewhere else nearby. "People vote with their feet," says Peter. "At some point a lot of groups won't be A.A. groups anymore. I won't be in those meetings." Jim, a 30-year veteran who is a partner in a top-flight Boston law firm, remains sanguine. "Right from the beginning, A.A. was a cross section that reflected what was happening...
...something which has been very gratifying to me," he concludes. "Because I really feel that Harvard is just a magnificent place and deserves being preserved in that way and helped to thrive...