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...Admiral Collingwood who assisted Nelson at Trafalgar and succeeded him in the Mediterranean command later wrote home to his wife: "Tell me, how do the trees which I planted thrive? Is there shade under the oak tree for a comfortable summer seat? Do the poplars grow at the walk, and does the wall of the terrace stand firm...
...about simple people with all the home-grown philosophy that is bound to blossom in Ulster. But St. John Ervine has put no haloes around his country folk; no sickening sentimentality. Instead, in the clash of old and new in rural Ireland Ervine has found the same problems which thrive in the largest city. And far from being "small townish," his characters are all the more interesting for being so much a part of the world...
Prosperous in war, the Cramps could not thrive in peace. In 1903 they lost control of their yards to the Morgan-Drexel banks, which later passed it on to the Harrimans. During World War I, Cramp's reached its all-time peak with 11,000 workers, built 46 destroyers and five transports in two years. But in an age of disarmament there was no place for Cramp's. Bidding too desperately for Navy business, it lost $5,741,000 in 1926. The next spring the huge 62-acre yards closed their gates...
Jehovah's Witnesses thrive on trouble. Last week, after the most harried season in their 62-year history, 35,000 Witnesses took over Detroit for five days, had themselves a rousing time...
...half-completed duplicate than a complement of the U. S. economy. Of all her major exports, agricultural and mineral, the U. S. takes only one: coffee. Yet of the coffee production of the Brazilian plantations, the U. S. can use only 57%. The rest, if coffee raisers are to thrive, must be sold in world trade, principally in Europe...