Word: growed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whether by hunting or herding or harvesting, a basic tribal function is subsistence in a harsh environment. As relatively powerless people, tribesmen believe in magic, usually hate outsiders and respect any kinsman who survives long enough to grow...
...mind, but he failed. Yet in less than three months in office, Huong has given the premiership-and with it, by extension, civilian government in South Viet Nam-an aura of respectability it had never attained under others. Huong's hope is that the aura will grow. As one of the Premier's associates put it last week: "We do not expect to last for a long time. But many of the things we have accomplished will not be easily undone...
...infielder. Nobody, except Uncle Buddy Bloebaum, who just happened to be a Cincinnati scout. At 18, Nephew got his contract and a trip to the Class D Geneva, N.Y,, Redlegs. He hit only .277, was ignored in the minor-league draft. Then he started to grow, stretching 4 in. and putting on 50 lbs., all of it muscle. In 1961, he swatted .331 at Tampa, and .330 at Macon, Ga., the following year. Still unimpressed, Cincinnati invited Pete to their spring-training camp in 1963 almost as an afterthought. He insinuated himself into an exhibition game, started slamming doubles...
...many pressures have converged on stock prices that few brokers last week foresaw much chance of a quick rebound, though fewer still expected the slide to grow into a severe plunge. "The market is awash in a sea of doubt," said Vice President Robert T. Allen of the Manhattan firm of Shearson, Hammill. Along with the prospect of an economic slowdown because of the 10% income tax surcharge, there were worries over declining profits, falling interest rates (which help to suck investable funds back into bonds), and reduced business spending on expansion. With many big institutional traders sitting...
What meadows grow golden beneath paw covered...