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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.
Kyushu is also the most volcanic of Japan’s islands, famous for its flourishing hot-spring resorts and several active volcanoes.
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.
Wolfe remains a flourishing one-man literary movement.
Reagan's tax cuts, Glassman contends, fueled the current gush of tax revenues as well as a flourishing entrepreneurial culture.