Word: growed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been let in the front door by more profit-minded producers. The classics-with the exception of Shakespeare-make Papp nervous. He never felt at home with Lincoln Center audiences, who demanded at least some older plays to balance the new. Said Papp last week: "I feel I cannot grow at Lincoln Center. It's a showcase, not a place where things develop...
...complaints about the playing conditions of the autumn games persist or grow wider...Mr. Kuhn will propose that the sight of the World Series be moved permanently to some friendly metropolis in the Sunbelt, perhaps one that has a large, domed enclosure waiting to be filled--New Orleans say, or Houston--or rotated each year, in the style of the Super Bowl, among two or three such cities. The World Series will thus be instantly transformed into Superweek--the Super Bowl multiplied by seven, the ultimate Sportsfest USA...the first all-American sports show truly worthy of a Howard Cosell...
Real Face. Many Israelis see a spirit of adventurous heroism in the attitude of the illegal settlers. West Bank Arabs see only arrogance and contempt for their rights-and they fear that things will grow worse for them under a Likud government. Says Mayor Elias Freij of Bethlehem: "With the election of Begin, the whole world can see the real face of Israel. It is expansionist, and it wants [all the West Bank] even though it doesn't belong to the Jews...
SOIL LOSS. The soil available for man to grow his crops is rapidly being frittered away by overcultivation, mismanagement and carelessness. Soil erosion may cost the world as much as 2.5 billion metric tons of soil a year, and has already reduced much of North Africa -once the Roman Empire's granary -to desert areas that must import most of their food. Improper irrigation, which can lead to salinization and waterlogging, is taking another 200,000 to 300,000 hectares (500,000 to 750,000 acres) of land out of production each year. As the world's population...
Such arguments do not persuade those critics. If the attitudes of Burns, Reuss and Triffin are any indication, the pressure to put more restraints on the banks' foreign lending policies can only grow in the months ahead...