Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...change those situations of weakness so that they won't create opportunities for fishing and opportunities for. trouble . . . We are trying to extend the area of possible agreement with the Soviet Union by creating situations so strong that they can be recognized and out of them can grow agreement...
...stay home very long: Hitler and the German army had also headed for Czechoslovakia. Firkusny went to Paris, forgot his successes as a onetime child prodigy, and began to grow up. Through the war he worked and played in benefits for the Czech government-in-exile. In 1941 Manhattan concertgoers heard him again, playing Chopin with the poise and maturity of a master...
...Universities may grow each year arithmetically," Metcalf says, "but libraries grow geometrically." A research library doubles its size every 20 years, according to Metcalf...
...Langmuir, is to seed the air with particles of silver iodide, on which moisture condenses easily. When enough nuclei are present, snowflakes form on them at a comparatively low level. This condensation releases heat, which makes the air rise faster. The resulting turbulence tears the snowflakes apart. The fragments grow into larger flakes, releasing still more heat. The meteorological "chain reaction" turns the cloud into a violent thunderstorm that dashes torrents of rain on the ground below...
...Universities may grow each year arithmetically," Metcalf says, "but libraries grow geometrically." A research library doubles its size every 20 years, according to Metcalf...