Word: grew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ultimatum. Ferguson raged; Taft grew grim. At last, Taft made himself heard long enough to call first for a recess until noon of the next day (Saturday). Then, he said in cold anger, he would wait until Monday. And then, "if those who are now blocking the organization of the Senate have not changed their minds, I propose to keep the Senate in session to break this. Use of the filibuster on such an occasion for such an inconsequential purpose is so unjustifiable that if you do not change your minds you are going to face a complete change...
...Grease Paint. Like millions of boys who wanted to be cartoonists when they'grew up, Milt Caniff never missed a day of Mutt & Jeff or Polly and Her Pals. But the Chicago Tribune's prize old political crosshatcher, John T. McCutcheon, was his ideal. Milt's, father took him west in 1916 and nine-year-old Milton worked for a short time as a child extra in two-reel movies. At twelve he created (for family circulation) his first cartoon, something known as Si Plug...
...Curb traders grew richer (many made fortunes during World War I), they built, a building in 1921 on Trinity Place, got rid of "bucket-shop" brokers, and became a respectable proving ground for new securities. Though the same security cannot be listed on the Curb and the Stock Exchange at the same time, many a security proved its worth on the "Little Board" of the Curb before it moved on to the "Big Board." And many a small business finds the less exacting requirements of the Curb better adapted to its needs...
Last week, in Atlanta's rambling Piedmont Hospital, Gene Talmadge grew terribly ill-he was suffering from hemolytic jaundice and cirrhosis of the liver. When the word got out, scores of policemen and firemen lined up at the hospital to offer blood. The Governor-elect was given transfusions. But he sank into a coma. One night at week's end he hiccuped loudly. Then his breathing stopped...
...orator who held an audience in the palm of his hand so easily and confidently. Soekarno would speak slowly, then at machine-gun pace. Some times he shook a finger at the audience, again he stood arms akimbo and bit off his words. The fascinated audience laughed with him, grew serious with him, sympathized with him when he said he had just come from a sickbed and had to wear a light raincoat (which he took off after half an hour...