Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Besides, in France the sun shines, the grapes grow, and life can be good. France, the cynics say, is a tranquil country with agitated legislators. The indifferent tranquillity would be fine if there were no injustices to be redressed, no problems of poverty and inequality, no stultifying complex of restrictive and anachronistic business practices that need to be put right, and no deteriorating situation in North Africa. The system "works" because France has chosen to default on its proper place in the world...
...Salonika, regional headquarters for northern Greece, an official threw up his hands at the prospect that the stream of repatriates might steadily grow larger...
...arts colleges and universities-remain in sharp disagreement over the future. How, much can they expand their campuses without diluting the quality and nature of their education? At one extreme, President Charles Turck of St. Paul's Macalester College feels that the private institution might well plan to grow indefinitely-even if it must rely on Government grants as do the British universities. "Does anyone believe," he asks, "that the public institution men who know that their tax appropriations depend on their numbers are going voluntarily to limit their numbers? Of course not. And if they...
...ELECTRICITY DEMAND has made it the nation's biggest consumer of power, surpassing such big users as General Motors, Alcoa and Ford. Last year AEC burned 18.9 billion kwh, 4% of the U.S. total, expects its demands to grow to 9% this year, and 13% of all power used...
...hotels, the price per room tends to rise, and will soon reach a point at which a hotel builder can go in, do his own financing and make a profit." Henderson himself expects to build ten new hotels in the next ten years, and see Sheraton's assets grow another $100 million...