Word: builded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...already been mauled by the mobs, began fielding the blossoms until they were exhausted. "Do you believe we would have come 40 miles to see him if he were not a god?" asked one old woman indignantly. "Did he not send us wheat when we were in need, and build us dams...
...Hard Workers. Britain's entry into the Orient brought new swarms of Chinese to Nanyang as indentured coolies to work in tin mines and on plantations, to load ships and build roads and carry burdens. Each new trading city-Penang, Singapore, Malacca, Hong Kong-became heavily Chinese. As agents and middlemen, the ubiquitous Chinese followed the Dutch troops into Sumatra, Borneo and Celebes, the British into Burma, the French into Indo-China. Even in Thailand, which never became a European colony, the Chinese were advisers to the king, and controlled the nation's commerce...
...either LeFevre or a guest lecturer, talks uninterruptedly; some time there are discussions among the class. The most common form of homework, besides the reading from three short textbooks, is a daily 200-word paper, on such assignments as "Assume you are a private contractor. Tell how you could build better highways than any government could...
Then the unexpected happened. One day late in 1928, Edward S.Harkness, Yale '97, walked into Lowell's office and offered him $3 million to build an "Honors College," with a resident master and tutors, for members of the three upper classes. Because Yale had spurned Harkness's offer, Harvard became the fortunate recipient...
...Revell Inc.'s Westinghouse Atomic Power Plant. The build-it-yourself kit includes a reactor, steam generator, and power-transmitting equipment. List price...