Word: growed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Agents & Bottle-Bombs. The authorities, eager to make a big catch, were happy to let Emmet's hopes and fancies grow into a substantial capital offense. As his plans went forward and his workmen turned out an arsenal of pikes, bottle-bombs, grenades and scaling ladders, informers peeped in at the windows of the "secret" depots, or eavesdropped on the excited workmen when they retired to the pubs. Soon the authorities knew that Emmet's hopes were not confined to Dublin alone, that he had been promised support from all parts of Ireland-undependable promises which his "sanguine...
...unless some of Jaakko's runners grow wings this week, that's exactly what the Elis will do. Even Mikkola has conceded the Crimson "only a fighting chance." Not that the Varsity is sick. It is just that Yale has fattened up since last year so that now its overall depth of material is frightening...
...Theology, Bachelor of Theology, and a two-year course in "Christian Education." Four-squarism counts on L.I.F.E.'s graduate ministers (about 4,200 so far) to win more & more respectable souls who will build bigger & better temples. Says McPherson: "The bigger we are, the easier it is to grow...
...giving Lincoln-Mercury room to grow, he hoped to give more competition to General Motors and Chrysler (whose manufacturing units are all autonomous) in their medium and high price lines. Young Henry also had a man in mind for the job of bossing Lincoln-Mercury. Last week his brother, Benson, 28, was named a Ford Motor Co. vice president and put in charge of the new division. It was Benson's first major job in the company...
...said the Record, indicates that the peak will actually be from 10 to 25 million higher and the crest of the growth curve has now been pushed beyond the year 2000. In effect, the U.S. economy, which was once regarded by some as "mature," has a long way to grow...