Word: flourished
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their own alliances and operational stances. "In a word, if the sufferings of the Arab masses are not alleviated and if the basic aspirations of these masses are not considered, it is to be expected that the extremist violent politics, including those of the New Arab Left, will sustain, flourish, and perhaps, dominate the politics of the area...
Though Caldwell's career as a symphonic conductor continues to flourish (she made her Boston Symphony debut in January), she is a musician who belongs to the stage. She knows how to underscore the big moments in an opera and camouflage the weak ones. Russlan may have its dull moments, but they were hard to detect at Boston's Orpheum Theater, the shabby old moviehouse that currently shelters Sarah and her troupe. Fire belched from a dragon's mouth. A huge severed head blinked a bloodshot eye and sang. Horses flew. So did a witch...
When a newspaper wins the top Pulitzer Prize for journalistic excellence, one might expect it to flourish like the biblical green bay tree-or at least the Washington Post after Watergate...
...figure in which Yankee Doodle scoops up Sarry to ring the Liberty Bell. Compression and speed obscured some of the complexity of the choreography. Baryshnikov, as always, appeared to be dancing steps as they occurred to him. Occasionally Feld overreached. When the orchestra struck up a flourish reminiscent of the old Pathé newsreel finale, Baryshnikov lofted Sarry high in a grand one-handed Kirov lift. Majestically, he floated her on a cushion of air, then plunged her straight to the floor in a resounding split. It looked more painful than spectacular...
...last week's party for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, she pored over The Story of the Gettysburg Address and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Her dinner partner, Senator Edmund Muskie, gently interrupted her reading to coax her to eat her spinach timbale. Later, with a flourish, Amy gave Muskie a souvenir-her place card, on which she had inscribed EAT YOUR SPINACH. Perhaps Amy will start a trend. Asked Washington Post Columnist Judith Martin: "If the book was better than the table conversation, which is certainly possible on state occasions, why can't everyone bring...