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The NYT says the death of Nigeria's Abacha, whose five-year reign was marked by his brutal suppression of political opponents and who had no designated successor, initially prompted hopes among Nigerian political exiles and some world leaders that Nigeria, which had a flourishing democracy briefly in the early 1980s, might restore civilian government.
The art scene is flourishing in Puerto Rico.
These numbers reflect consensus trends--foreign films are barely alive, while independent ones are flourishing.
But if we don't count Starbucks, how do we know that the arts are flourishing in America?
The LAT front reports that while Hollywood is concerned about a downturn in production and the flight of movie business to foreign locations, one part of the California entertainment business is flourishing: porn.