Word: growed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their chief threat now, it may turn out that they are spending their money in the wrong place. The open, vulnerable end of that C faces Red China and, if Sino-Soviet relations continue to deteriorate as fast as they have been, Russian military men are bound to grow more nervous at the increasing power of China's nuclear arsenal...
...object often reflects the donor's own desires-the football from the frustrated athlete, the telescope as a gentle push toward studiousness-rather than an understanding of the child's inner world. Not that entering this world is easy; and, oddly, it gets harder as children grow older. The blight of depersonalization sets in with the increasing inclination of teen-agers to ask for and receive plain money. Explains one Boston 17-year-old, who insists on cold cash: "If they buy it, it's always wrong...
...course of evolution, the human jaw has become progressively smaller, leaving insufficient room for the full complement of third molars, which the great apes still grow. From 27% to 30% of people lack buds for one or more wisdom teeth...
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). "The Hidden World" takes a look into the fascinating realm of insects, among them a Phasmida called the giant walking stick, which can grow up to 16 inches long, the goliath beetle, which is 4 inches long, and a swarm of locusts stretching for 23 miles...
...funds, this has been the year of the big switch. Many have selectively sold off glamour stocks and cyclical shares (autos, steels, non-ferrous metals), which swing along with the ups and downs of the economy. They have gone into more solid, less spectacular "defense" shares that stand to grow with the U.S. population, such as food manufacturers, electric utilities, oils and insurance companies...