Word: growing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the Depression came, Lavina dug 700 holes, each 18 inches deep, and planted dahlias. Then she made them grow-in a country where dahlias do not flourish. Garden-clubbers came from miles around to see it, and Lavina's "dahlia money" helped send all of her eight children to college...
...corners Kimani at his mountain cave and strangles him. Then he carries Kimani's infant son down to the family farm, hoping that the child may grow up with his own sister's baby - just as he and Kimani had before. In some vague way, suggests Author Ruark, the next generation may find peace; if not, the surviving baby can always serve as an excuse for an equally bloody sequel...
...There has also been an outmigration of school children at approximately the fifth-grade level," Curry added. "People's children grow up, and then the family moves out of town...
Griswold said that Yale, which had previously put itself on the record as opposed to large scale expansion, would nevertheless "grow moderately...
...Cleveland Plain Dealer and News and Scripps-Howard Press appealed the ban anyway. Last week an Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that the press had a right in the courtroom. Said the Court of Appeals: "A defendant has no right ... to a private trial . . . Crime and corruption grow and thrive in darkness and secrecy. Justice thrives in the open sunlight...