Word: grew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he himself had declared to be "above politics." For 40 years he had dominated the Irish scene, and for 21 of those he had headed the government. Though born in Manhattan -a fact that was to help him escape a British firing squad-he grew...
Slugger Colavito, 25, is a rugged (6 ft. 3 in., 190 lbs.) lad, whose rippling biceps seem to make visible bulges on the television screen. The son of a Bronx truck driver, Rocky grew up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, played ball just across the street in Macomb's Dam Park. Naturally, the Yankees were his boyhood heroes. Naturally, the Yankees gave him a tryout when he was only 16, but let him get away when the Indians topped the Yankees' half-hearted bid with a still modest offer of $3,000. Last year, in his second...
Capitalist Profit. Once the tourist reaches the Soviet Union, the hand that guides him is Intourist, a state monopoly whose official title is the All-Union Stock Company for Foreign Tourism. Founded in 1929, Intourist had shrunk to a shadow at the time of Stalin's death, grew like a weed in the tourist thaw that followed. Though all its stock is owned by the government, Intourist still uses the forms of a capitalist corporation, holds annual stockholders' meetings attended by representatives of Soviet ministries. It also turns over to the U.S.S.R. Bank of Foreign Trade a healthy...
...back to Auckland to become manager of a tiny furniture company. He soon took over, expanded the company until it now spreads through New Zealand. He joined Rotary in 1923, only two years after the club got to New Zealand. As the "NZers" flocked into Rotary, Thomas' responsibilities grew with the club; he became local president, district governor, sparked the movement that more than trebled Rotary membership in New Zealand...
...case grew out of a United Auto Workers' strike at Ford's Canton, Ohio castings plant in 1953. Seeking a reason for reopening a five-year wage contract, the U.A.W. claimed a safety violation at Canton, then the supplier of all the rear axle shafts used in Ford cars and trucks. The U.A.W. held the unionists out five weeks, forcing Ford to shut down across the nation, grant the union a big pension fund increase. The Michigan Employment Security Commission ruled that the Michigan workers were involved in the Canton strike and so were ineligible for unemployment...