Word: grew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sincere description of how he became a Communist there was revealed the pitiful effects of Communist tactics and dialectics on a man of integrity and idealism ... No humane man could possibly fail to understand how Mr. Davis grew bitter and resentful, but to join the Communists as an agency for the reform of our social wrongs reveals the trap into which otherwise honorable men too often fall...
...fought the Japanese as guerrillas, or took from the Japanese after the surrender. Last year, Huk Leader Luis Taruc, an avowed Communist, made an agreement with President Elpidio Quirino to register the Huks' arms in exchange for an amnesty, but the Huks turned in few arms, and fighting grew bitterer than ever. Said Governor Chioco: "We must use both our fists. In its right hand the government must have a gun. In the left hand it must have a sound social program, or the Huks will grow stronger...
Despite her mysterious ailment, Sandy grew strong. But after every swallow of food, says her mother, there was an agonizing wait to see whether she would start to choke...
...onetime cowboy, who left school after the sixth grade, Keener picked up his basic engineering in survey work for the Colorado Power Co., in 1934 founded his own company. From one employee, it grew during World War II, when Keener built ammunition plants, to 800 men, has netted Keener a tidy personal fortune...
...first Tarzan (1918) was strong, silent Elmo Lincoln. Best-known was Olympic Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, who eventually grew too fat, after appearing in twelve of the 25 pictures (in his six most memorable ones, Maureen O'Sullivan played Jane). Three other Olympic athletes have also been Tarzans: Herman Brix, Buster Crabbe and Glenn Morris...