Bits of the former Rover empire have survived and flourished, notably the Mini business in Oxford, which cannot keep up with demand.
With the Spanish market flourishing, notably in telecommunications and utilities, and big Spanish banks and industrial companies on buying sprees in Latin America, Uria & Menendez is booming.
In the northern United States, too, rhubarb cultivation flourished, notably in Michigan and around large cities. "Immense quantities are brought to the markets of greater New York by New Jersey and Long Island farm gardeners," declared a rhubarb manual published in 1901.
Vested interest had been allowed to flourish, most notably in the trade unions but also in the nationalised industries of coal, steel and telecommunications.
It's a rigid structure in which the players flourish, most notably Fiennes, who caught Anderson's eye in a stage production of the savage farce God of Carnage, and whose brittle manner here proves the director's perfect tool.
Companies devoted to lesbian perspectives also flourished, most notably Split Britches, founded in 1981 by Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, and Deb Margolin.
The litchat take on Wallace was that he was very intelligent, but probably too intelligent for his own good; that he had written a book that was very long, but probably too long; that this book contained a lot of postmodern flourishes (most notably a ton of footnotes), and there was definitely too much of that for any sensible reader to countenance.
Slightly more polished than her previous singles, it still has that slightly wonky DIY feel that adds a layer of charm and personality to proceedings, while production-wise there are lots of interesting little sonic flourishes, most notably the layering of her cut-up vocal to form the beat.
It flourished in Tibet, notably, where it was expanded to include the footprints and handprints of Tibetan Buddhist lamas and other holy figures, some of whom were regarded as equally important as the Buddha because instead of ascending to nirvana they chose to stay on earth and help others achieve enlightenment.
Not at all the reading one might expect from the bristly gay Marxist, this spare, serene observation of Jesus Christ's trajectory from birth to death to, well, beyond instead surprises with its devotion to the text, making its stray flourishes of subversion – notably the bluesy surge of Odetta's Motherless Child on the soundtrack – hit that much harder.
Bell, dropped by England prior to the South Africa series after 7,727 runs in 118 Tests, still hopes for a recall, as none of his fellow contenders have notably flourished this winter.
