Word: growed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gains of the New Deal. Anything that meant a forward step toward greater democracy has been automatically denounced by this Southerner. A poll tax Representative himself, he has no conception of what is real democracy. In his language, anyone who is progressive, anyone who wants to see our democracy grow and strengthen is a dangerous communist. In short, he has done the same kind of harm to this nation that French fascists did to theirs. They all sing democratic tunes, but to Nazi lyrics...
These were just a few of the promotions and honors that grow in significance each day Bataan continues to withstand the Jap's assaults. Two were in a class by themselves: Second Lieutenant Alexander Ramsey ("Sandy") Nininger Jr., posthumously honored with World War II's first Congressional Medal of Honor for "intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty" (TIME, Feb. 9), and Captain Colin P. Kelly (TIME, Dec. 22), who was awarded a posthumous D.S.C...
Haiti can also grow mimosa, jasmine, tuberose, and the ylang-ylang tree, whose heavily scented yellow-green flowers normally come from the Philippines. The Dominican Republic in addition to all these, can grow the fragrant cassie bush, whose oil is now so scarce that perfumers cannot obtain it for love nor money. There the Jewish refugee colony at Sosua, with funds from U.S. philanthropists, is studying new perfume sources...
...Allies Grow Stronger...
Idea of making two sheep grow where only one grew before first occurred to Inventor Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), who spent the last 30 years of his life and some $250,000 on the project. In 1886, summering with his family in Nova Scotia, Bell bought an ewe for his children to play with. When they returned next season, there were two sheep-a modest increase indeed, Bell thought, considering that young pigs were usually produced by the dozen, kittens and puppies by the half dozen. If sheep were only one-sixth as prolific as pigs, the poverty...