Word: growed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sixty-eight was more than a densely compacted parade of events, more than the accidental alignment of planets. It was a tragedy of change, a struggle between generations, to some extent a war between the past and the future, and even, for an entire society, a violent struggle to grow...
Fearing Dublin's interference, Protestants heatedly condemned the Anglo- Irish accord. Passions cooled as Britain firmly defended the treaty, and the Republic's influence did not grow as much as anticipated. Still, Protestants continue to oppose the treaty and have met with the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher six times in the past six months to negotiate an alternative to it. London is skeptical there will be one. Says a British official: "Mrs. Thatcher believes 200% that they cannot come up with an acceptable offer...
Founded in 1958 mainly to provide insurance for retirees, AARP is now the nation's largest special-interest group. "Join the Association that's bigger than most countries," boasted a recent magazine ad. This elderly behemoth, nearly twice the size of the AFL-CIO, continues to grow by about 8,000 new dues payers a day. One out of nine Americans belongs, paying a $5 annual fee. AARP offers drug and travel discounts, runs the nation's largest group-health- insura nce program and a credit union. In addition, its savvy media operation includes Modern Maturity, the nation's third...
...professional concierge began to grow in popularity in America in the early '70s, when luxury San Francisco hotels provided the service to their increasingly sophisticated travelers. Today there are some 1,000 concierges, 120 of whom are registered with Les Clefs d'Or, the prestigious international association whose members wear crossed-key pins on their uniform lapels. Explains Jack Nargil, 39, president of the American chapter and chief concierge at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington: "People want service in a great hotel. Guests become loyal to people, not buildings." All across the U.S., hotels are hiring concierges as part...
...When the age of grand living had passed it by, the big home became a hospital for joint diseases, then a private school for retarded children and later a rabbinical school. Now it is a bag lady of a building. A fire has destroyed much of the roof; plants grow in piles of rubble; the bones of rodents lie in corners. Vandals have smashed windows and sprayed the walls with graffiti. Nearby, airliners thunder in to land at J.F.K...