Word: growed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon they were halfway to the target, bumping through rough air over the Mediterranean. Some of the men got sick. The men knew that they, a handful only, must plant a cancer amidst the enemy and make it grow. They knew this even before the colonel spoke: "Well, boys, we are truly the first men of America tonight. We will be the first to land in Axis Europe. For hours & hours we will be alone. There will be enemies all around us and over our heads. We must do our best." Then, offhandedly, he added: "We are headed for Sicily...
...uncoated metal, and actually strengthens light steel sheets to which it is applied-a quality which may make it possible to build lighter ships. Whether Seaporcel can be used on a ship's hull is still a moot question; the Navy is testing to see whether barnacles will grow...
Franklin Roosevelt had won nothing. His Administration had underestimated the danger, had relied on labor's no-strike pledge and on a wishful hunch that the United Mine Workers rank & file would not follow Lewis. It had let the coal strike grow into such an issue that neither side could back down...
This matter of numbers may seem obvious, but it should not be forgotten. This raid on Messina, the biggest in this theater, was a reminder of the most important fundamental in our air offensive-one which in the future will grow increasingly important until...
...Army will reach 8,200,000 in December, probably grow no larger unless war plans change radically. Peak payrolls for fiscal 1944 will be 8,233,083-including 375,000 WAACs...