Word: grew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Greeks. To a passenger who laughingly remarked, "I would trade my money for yours," he retorted, "That's the greatest insult you could cast on me. I have repeatedly said I have sunk everything I had in my business and that's the truth." Once he grew gruff: when a fellow passenger tried to photograph him. "My mug is my own property," he snorted. "You have no right to photograph it. I will not consent to it." Between Samuel Insull and his fate lay 28 days and 28 nights at sea, while the Exilona visits Catania (where...
Physicians led lanky Henry Harrington into an operating room, stood him up against a wall. Patient Harrington took a look at the Gastro-Photo, grew nervous. "Open your mouth wide," commanded Dr. Falenks, forthwith thrusting into his mouth a metal cylinder two inches long and one-half inch thick, attached to a long rubber tube. Punctured by 16 pinholes, the cylinder contained a tiny flash bulb and two pieces of film...
...sweeping investigation not only of suspicious relations between public officials and public utilities but of New York's whole huge utility business. Mr. Thayer introduced a resolution calling for his own investigation. With this investigation promising to be a whitewash and his own inquiry sidetracked, the Governor grew indignant. His attorney general curtly refused to serve as inquisitor for a State Senate committee whose powers were narrowly circumscribed by the Thayer resolution. In desperation the State Senate wired Ferdinand Pecora. The counsel to the U. S. Senate Banking & Currency Committee was too busy...
Sixty-nine years ago in the largest house on Manhattan's Washington Square was born H. (for Henry) Hobart Porter. His brother Seton Porter was born on 47th Street. Both grew up to be engineers. Hobart helped found the great firm of Sanderson & Porter which Seton later joined as a partner. In business as well as politics engineers sometimes become chief executives. Brother Hobart chose water for his province, Brother Seton whiskey...
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1881) Margaret Sidney...