Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gunner on the Mississippi told him: "Chaplain, back in Pearl, I had a hard time behavin'. Up here with them Jap subs somewhere around, it ain't no trouble at all. I'm afraid I'll grow wings." Chaplain Sheehy replied: "We have been 62 days at sea, and we are now drawing on the ship's reserve supplies. Each man has a reserve tank of virtue in him-and the fact of danger may make him tap it. Don't rely upon it for long. It soon runs dry . . . -"There is a spark...
Bill & Al should have no trouble finding customers for their houses. By the time U.S. Steel and Kaiser have their plants running, 14,500 workers alone will have moved into the area, whose total population is expected to grow by at least 32,000. If the Bucks County site is declared a critical defense area, as Bill Levitt is confident it will be, he will get priorities on scarce materials, and credit restrictions will be lifted since the houses will sell for less than $12,000. The Levitts have bought 2,500 acres (average price: $1,100 an acre). They...
...Lighting home-made grenades with cigarettes, the bandits routed out hidden villagers. Once the town was subdued, Comandante Tulio, whose well-formed features and steady voice carried his authority, proceeded with executions of leading Conservatives. Three young boys were included among the victims. "They are Godos [Conservatives] and will grow up," a bandit growled in explanation...
Aware of their ticklish position deep in Communist territory, students of the Free University sometimes wonder if their alma mater will be permitted to grow old enough for traditions of its own. Their worry is understandable, but their rector, Hans Freiherr von Kress, a professor of medicine, is letting it interfere with none of his plans. With their new finances, he and his staff are counting on a new building to include lecture halls, a desperately needed central library, and a student dining room. They are going to organize the first adult education program ever attempted in Germany...
Hardened Saliva. Georgie found plenty of compensations, notably when he could go on jungle safari with the natives to gather birds' nests. In the land where the orchids grow wild, the men have grown tame, but collecting birds' nests still requires skill and daring. Slithering over masses of cockroaches, the natives enter bat-infested limestone caves. On rattan ladders, they climb 100 feet or so to gather the nests of swiftlets. These contain the birds' hardened saliva, basic ingredient of bird's-nest soup. The $100,000-a-year take from this export (to China) does...