Word: flourished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Again, Barfly would be a good movie if it didn't constantly ram the sentiment down our throats that art can only flourish in sordid surroundings. I had no objection to Henry's choosing poverty over wealth, if that's what made him comfortable. But I didn't see why I and the rest of the audience should wallow in voyeuristic guilt over not having done the same thing. There's something much too pat and easy about a writer who presents his own lifestyle as the only possible way to live the creative life...
...shortly after Aquino's speech, they proclaimed the existence of their junta, presumably based in Luzon, the country's largest island. The mutineers accused Aquino of "treason" and proceeded to enumerate her government's failings: showing leniency toward Communists, declaring war against its own armed forces, allowing corruption to flourish, keeping antimilitary leftists in the Cabinet and being generally inept. In reply, Presidential Spokesman Teodoro Benigno scoffed that the junta did not control "even one square inch" of territory...
...love it and you give it away." He rises from bed and slowly walks to his piano, sits and begins a short piece by Leos Janacek. He opens the nearest window and begins playing with more authority, his eyes closed, his head thrown back, a hand poised dramatically to flourish over the keys. His eyes open again, and now they glow like coals from beneath the white ridges of his skull. At the finish, some color has returned to his face. "There is no ego now," he says. "For the rest of my life I hope to live with grace...
...roles he has played. As a conservative economist with a profound faith in the free market, Greenspan has earned the attention of thinkers in every ideological camp. As a White House official, he displayed the dedication and dexterity needed to fashion difficult political compromises. And, unlike many economists who flourish mainly in the confines of a college classroom, Greenspan scored a solid success in the corporate world. His highly profitable, 34-year-old Townsend-Greenspan consulting firm numbers among its clients some of the largest U.S. corporations...
Farther from the epicenter, in hummocky fields of loose volcanic ash and fine pumice pebbles, willows, red alder and an occasional Douglas fir have taken root near small ponds. At the waters' edge, Pacific tree frogs and salamanders now flourish. Large bodies of water like Spirit Lake, which was filled with organic debris and robbed of its oxygen by accompanying bacteria during the eruption, have made even more rapid recoveries. Algae, zooplankton and freshwater crustaceans have all recolonized the lake, prompting authorities from the state department of game to push for the restocking of such game fish as rainbow...