Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another reminder of the fact that life today is a tough proposition and any ostrich policy deserves exposure. It is easy to grow accustomed to the existence of Communism and hope piously for a change in the party line, but the Protestants of East Germany are facing increasing persecution, and they cannot philosophize in comfort . . . Thank God for a Christian church that will stand for truth and righteousness when other organizations, educational, political, and fraternal, have surrendered to the enemy...
figured heavily in the election. The opposition consisted primarily of those who felt that federation's skimpy safeguards of Negro status are still too much. Proponents of federation argue that the resulting dominion will be large enough to grow and prosper, to the benefit of all of its citizens. Their slogan: "Federate and flourish...
...says she never asked to be in show business anyway; it was all her mother's idea. Fortyish and divorced, she lives in Beverly Hills with her eight-year-old daughter Patricia, and "I hope Tish will never want to be an actress. I want her to grow up and have a lot of children so I can be a grandmother." What Ann really wants, she says, is "a man who is 40, rich and Catholic. Then I'll quit this business in a second." Until then, "I'll have to spend my time hermetically sealed...
...growth was due to World War II, when Thompson doubled its size almost overnight with a new $30 million government-built plant. But it was also due to the fact that engineer Crawford proved himself an expert manager. He brought in able young men, gave them room to grow, encouraged initiative. New President Wright, for example, started in with a Cleveland law firm as a legal consultant to Thompson, soon won a $100,000 tax refund for the company. Impressed, Crawford took him on as his own assistant when he became president, gave him ever-growing responsibility...
...popular success at first, often went hungry. During World War II, he served in the Foreign Legion, went straight back to his Paris studio afterwards. Then Georges Braque befriended him, other artists dropped round to his studio, and slowly De Staël's reputation began to grow...