Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...popularity continues to grow. This year he expects to gross almost $1,000,000. He now lives in a $75,000 San Fernando Valley house with a piano-shaped swimming pool. Men who work with him find, somewhat to their surprise, that they like him as a nice, friendly, unassuming fellow. From the women, there is scarcely any dissent. After his triumphal show at Madison Square Garden last week, the fans stormed his dressing room. He stayed till 2 a.m., signing autographs...
...Utilitycoon Harrison Williams and chief heir to his reported $100 million, opened a flower and fruit stand on the grounds of her 60-acre Long Island estate. Planning to peddle the products of her own gardens and orchards, she saw no good reason why the rich should not grow richer. Said she: "It's not just for fun. I hope the shop will pay for itself. You don't go into business unless you plan to make money...
...afternoon wore on, Bill felt himself grow groggy, and the bright lights began to "make me feel a little sick." Nevertheless, he stood his ground through leprechaun and ichthyology, while the others fell around him one by one. Ensilage (with a "c") claimed one young victim, etymology (with an "i") another, and homiletic (with a second "o") still another...
...seven others, but Straight Face is going strong, at least six lengths ahead. Jockey Guerin is now worried, and so is the crowd. His whip whacks the Dancer's rump four times. Suddenly the grey rear legs slam out like locomotive drive shafts, the front legs seem to grow another two feet long, and in a few space-gulping strides the Dancer catches Straight Face. As he draws abreast, he rubs it in: perceptibly, the horse slows the huge stride and merely stretches his throbbing neck ahead...
...children have had the luck to grow up amid such intellectual variety. Grandfather Richard Garnett actually lived in the British Museum, where he was Keeper of Printed Books. Father Edward, who climbed the museum roof as other boys climb trees, became one of Britain's most influential literary advisers. Mother Constance learned Russian to while away the time, soon became the foremost English translator of Russian literature. Her toughest assignment: War and Peace, from which she emerged half blind...