Word: bloomed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...produce, among other useful oddities, the spineless cactus, once a nuisance, now a fodder; fat, perennial rhubarb out of a skinny annual; plums with thick skins that endure the rigors of shipping and without pits, which eliminates an annoyance in eating; the flaming crimson poppy from a wan yellow bloom; the popular Shasta daisy...
...spring turns into summer, flowers begin to bloom in all the world, and, in China, with the propitious season, war usually commences. A rumor descended upon Peking, last week, like a spring rain...
...more unusual and a more culminating event. Class Day with its playing fountains, its bright streamers, and its swinging lanterns, is just such an occasion. The Yard on that day becomes not a place of routine but of memories, and Soldiers Field turns from its stately athletic past to bloom with banners and class colors...
Somewhere between the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras and the swampy everglades of Florida, the producers have found a new musical comedy, one which has not lost the untrammelled bloom of youth. By the very delicacy of its charm, it has escaped the praise of those who applaud only the more obvious successes. It comes unheralded by George M. Cohan or Arthur Hammerstein, for as yet it has not attained that mature development that such prominence demands. "Baby Blue" is a dainty, fragile thing with a few sweet songs and a great deal of light buoyant humor. After...
...although one always felt that he was constantly striving for effect. Perhaps the most glaring example of forced and unnatural humor was Ralph Remley, who took the part of James the butler in a ludicrous fashion. Although she had but a few lines, Miss Roberta Lee Clark as Sadie Bloom, gave a very delightful and clever, interpretation of "the girl of the taxicab." She did her bit as well as anyone...