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Word: growed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...danger of the New Front-the economic front-undisputedly lies in the fact that the Communists simply wouldn't stand for it very long. . . . The danger of a Pearl Harbor would grow very fast with any kind of success of WEP . . . With the Communist world it is always the political question which takes the front seat. Before starting WEP, we must destroy the enemy's war potential, no matter what the cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 3, 1955 | 1/3/1955 | See Source »

...future donors, almost a third of the gallery remains to be filled. Director David Finley is in no hurry to fill it. "We would like to be not one of the largest galleries," he explains, "but one of the best." The truth is that European masterpieces in private hands grow fewer every year, while laws prohibiting their export from most European countries make them ever harder to obtain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Everyman's Palace | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

...years old, Walt set about strengthening his organization for a long creative haul. He started the Silly Symphonies, even though there was every sign that they would not be very popular, because he felt that he and his staff, already weary of drudging at Mickey Mouse, needed "something to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Father Goose | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

...grow they did. Hands grew more skillful and inventions multiplied.* So Pluto fell off a cliff-what next? His ears whirled around like propellers, his front legs spread like wings, and back he roared to safety. In Disney's hands the laws of physics turned to taffy. Shadows walked away from bodies. Men got so angry they split in two. Trains ate cookies. Autos flirted. People stretched like rubber bands. But it became harder and harder to outwit the public. Disney gags got downright erudite. In one cartoon Donald Duck might walk over the edge of a cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Father Goose | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

...steam pipes. A veterinarian and six assistants treat the dogs with antibiotics whenever infection threatens. By the time the man with the needle comes round to give them their radioactive injection, they have much that is pleasant to remember. Says Dr. John Z. Bowers, head of Beagleville: "These pups grow to adulthood under conditions far better than most beagles enjoy. And who can tell how many human lives are saved every time one of them dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Radioactive Dogs | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

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