Word: growed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germans, the world is fond of remembering, are a thoroughgoing people. In the Alsatian town of Zabern in 1918 some Frenchmen planted a tree to grow as a symbol of the return of Alsace to France. Up to this tree last week marched Hitler Youth Leader Wilde, followed by a bevy of apple-cheeked youths with axes and drums. "For Germany this tree is a symbol of slavery and oppression," cried Leader Wilde. "Now the tree must fall." Drums rolled. Axes fell. Down came the tree. Hitler youths tore its roots out of the earth and marched away shouting "Sieg...
...canoe. Gently still, the flails knock the ripened heads off the stalks. The rice falls on a canvas cloth or into a birchbark basket; the canoe moves on; the rest of the grain sinks to the fertile mud on the bottom of the lake, to take root and grow for the next moon...
...Viruses do not grow as independent molecules, but enter into a dynamic relationship with their hosts. For example, in certain rabbit tumors, the viruses entrench themselves in a group of cells. The animal's body may react by destroying the cells which harbor the virus. Once the host cells are destroyed, the tumors gradually disappear...
Chief import gains were in rubber and tin from the East Indies, nickel from Canada, wool from Argentina and South Africa. Since RFC has only recently begun its purchases of strategic materials, these gains were likely to grow. But, for the six months, total imports were up only 18%. Result was a U. S. merchandise export balance of $773,927,000-highest for any half-year period since...
...President's naval experts could not escape the fact that if Britain is beaten the problem of defending the U. S. will grow many times more serious. They had gradually come to the conclusion that one of the weakest links in Britain's defenses might prove to be a shortage of destroyers. Destroyers are vital in convoy service, a sufficient number of British destroyers might be the difference between success and failure in repelling a German invasion of Britain by sea. But next to trawlers, destroyers have also suffered most from air bombings. Up to last week Britain...