Word: grew
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MANY of us who were children in the early 1970s and whose parents were the least bit hip grew up with the soundtrack to Hair on our turntables. we could sing songs like "Sodomy" long before we knew what the lyrics meant. For kids too young to have experienced the era first-hand, Hair's music linked us to history...
...hapless duo tried to keep pace by stuffing half of them into their mouths. Seeking to emulate a pioneer woman, Lucy opened an oven to remove freshly baked bread -- and was pinned against the sink by a loaf 8 ft. long. At long last hired for a commercial, she grew increasingly malaprop attempting to pronounce Vitameatavegamin, the 46-proof tonic she was touting, and swigging, at each take...
...dramatic turns in the Recruit scandal, which grew over the past ten months into Japan's worst since World War II, left the nation's politics in chaos. Japanese were anxiously asking, What next? First the Liberal Democratic Party must find a new Prime Minister untainted by the scandal. Japan is likely to face months of weak leadership and political uncertainty. That could have consequences as far away as Washington, where a host of trade and defense disputes have yet to be resolved. One of the thorniest was on the way to being settled last week, however, when President Bush...
...grew up Jewish in Salt Lake City, a very conservative Mormon place, in an apartment building full of Holocaust survivors. It was very painful to be different and not understand why. I heard things as a kid that were horrifying. I thought the world was like that. It was also the blacklisting time, full of anti-Semitism. The only positive images of people like me were the comedians on Ed Sullivan. That show was the lifeline to the Jewish people, maybe even more important than Israel. It gave a positive, warped view of what it was like to be Jewish...
...strange how often business enterprises that seem a basic part of American life just fade away, and how soon one forgets that they were ever there. Yes, like Packards and Studebakers (or convertibles with rumble seats). Or getting one's daughter shoes at Best's, until she grew old enough for cashmeres from Peck & Peck . . . Or trying to recall the Burma-Shave signs that used to enliven those long trips before most people ever took airplanes. TO STEAL/ A KISS/ HE HAD THE KNACK/ BUT LACKED THE CHEEK/ TO GET ONE BACK/ BURMA-SHAVE...