Word: grew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sprinter Bobby Joe Morrow, 21, who grew up on a lazy little cotton and carrot farm outside San Benito, Texas, glided down the cinder straightaway with such easy grace that he seemed to be running no faster than he had to. It was fast enough to win the 100-meter dash...
Corot did not have a single buyer for his work until he was middleaged. But then he was caught up by a wave of buying enthusiasm for the poetic reveries he had begun to paint. He grew increasingly rich in money, but poorer in the quality of his work. During his later years, however, in such paintings as Young Girls of Sparta (opposite) he achieved a new quality in figure painting. By treating his female models as he had his landscapes ("I paint a woman's breast just as I would an ordinary milk can"), he worked from atmosphere...
When the hour grew later. Without any signs of the mysterious Miss Benchley, an unplanned fire drill was decreed. Extensive questioning of all the residents, however, threw no light on the identity or whereabouts of the alleged visitor...
...tuition rise this fall was responsible for the increases, Bender pointed out. Although about the same number of freshmen were aided this year as last, the number of upperclass scholarship holders rose from 825 to 890, while the average stipend grew from $720 last year to about $830 this year...
Stan DePinto, the mascot who grew into a full-time twirler, came out of his voluntary semi-retirement Saturday afternoon to lead the Harvard Band in its pre-game and half-time drills...