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Word: grew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Crimson basketball title hopes, already faint after Tuesday's beating at the hands of Columbia, grew even smaller with the news that forward Charley Lutz will not accompany the team today when it entrains for Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LUTZ LOST TO CAGERS FOR PRINCETON CLASH | 3/4/1938 | See Source »

Harvard's labor situation grew tenser yesterday as the Harvard Employees Representative Association installed permanent members and dug themselves in for a long fight against the American Federation of Labor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AF OF L THREATENS STRIKE AS RIVAL UNION ADVANCES | 3/2/1938 | See Source »

This man amassed no venom as he grew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/1/1938 | See Source »

...manages to combine veneration for a great man with shrewd understanding of a human being. But in addition to these qualities, Herndon's Lincoln is a document as essentially American as Whitman's poems, not only in its grasp of the tough frontier world in which Lincoln grew, but in its belief in U. S. democracy, its recognition of democracy's weaknesses, its sturdy faith in the common people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tragic Life | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

...from a matter of singing in the streets to a grim and hopeless siege, a subtle change came over them. Mr. Witt, who stayed in his shaded study, ate oranges, made wise remarks to the English consul and watched the shells exploding in the blue waters of the bay, grew mysteriously old, suspicious, weary. Milagritos, who prepared bandages, went with the rebel fleet on its biggest battle, seemed to grow younger, prettier, less communicative. When Milagritos' cousin was sentenced to be shot, Mr. Witt raced to save him, although he had always been mildly disturbed by Milagritos' affection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spanish Satire | 2/7/1938 | See Source »

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