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flourish

a grandiose passage of music
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"A transfer racket is flourishing in the Congress government under Kamal Nath and officials are at the centre of it.
'Democracy is very much flourishing and will flourish in future too, ' the Army Chief told reporter at the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected President Dr Arif Alvi here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed also put importance on flourishing female entrepreneurship in the SME sector by providing necessary assistance to them.
I will defend the view that within the context of the individualistic perfectionism that Den Uyl and Rasmussen defend, respect for rights, while preserving the possibility of flourishing within society, is also constitutive of the flourishing of the rights-respecter.
Challenging some ideas of positive psychology, the authors explore how people can thrive in the face of frailty, suffering, and vice, and argue that an approach to flourishing must incorporate ordinary human frailties and limitations that are unavoidable and central to living, and that flourishing includes all of life, including dependency, weakness, and suffering, in addition to seeking positive experiences.
"Because when Scotland is flourishing, the rest of the UK is flourishing too."
This study based on the strength based approach, explores the role of meaningfulness, resilience and grit on flourishing among postgraduate students in India.
ONCE typical rural villages on the edge of Birmingham, Bartley Green and California became home to a flourishing industry that changed the district's face and fortunes during the 19th century.
FLOURISHING: Health, Disease, and Bioethics in Theological Perspective by Neil Messer.
While in their booming condition, such towns are oases of societal flourishing relative to their preceding state.
frames his constructive theological contribution by proposing a teleology that encompasses multiple human values and goods: one that is profoundly embodied, aims at personal flourishing, is sensitive to human frailty, and is profoundly practical (49-50).