Word: growed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Joan had been brought up and had gone through high school as a girl; she had taken a secretarial course as a girl. But she knew that something was wrong. Menstruation had not started at the usual time. After puberty, hair had begun to grow on her face, and she had to shave every day. She used cosmetics to hide the stubble on her cheeks, and wore falsies to build out her flat chest. She had few dates with...
...Council also gave its approval to a fund drive for a Theater Arts Center which might eventually grow into a Student Activities Center. The Center project, with the Council aegis over it, has a chance of picking up a big donation this week...
...safe to say that the future plays will be interesting selections (not all Shakespeare, of course) and that Brattle Hall will play a still larger, if unofficial, part in the undergraduate life here. It may even be that, as time goes on, the present student body will grow to realize how much richer college was made for it by these upstart war veterans...
...measures the distance of a star by studying its color, which changes as the light passes through the dust clouds of space. Shapley looks at variable stars, which grow brighter and dimmer with a regular period. This period often depends on the absolute brightness of the star; when Shapley knows the absolute brightness and the brightness as seen from the earth, he can easily determine the star's distance...
...fall practice, but both West and Ray are on probation. If they can get off, they will be definite assets to the team, but Ray will probably be shifted to either wingback or tailback. 190 pound backs, who can run the ends and pose a passing threat, do not grow on trees, it seems...