Word: growing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...place where the roses grow...
...feathers grow again. What might be a start appeared last week in some fairly strong talk about how the U.S. would defend islands in Formosa Strait...
...wanted at that point to be let alone. His zoological middle name is hyperborea, ("from beyond the north wind"), and the reason he wants to get behind the north wind once a year is that then he loses all his feathers at once. It takes him two weeks to grow new ones. Meanwhile, he is helpless-he can't fly, can't fight, can't look anything but another molting Greater Snow Goose...
...still facing such financial problems as authorizing the janitor to "purchase a dog at a cost not exceeding the sum of $5 to assist him in keeping the yard clear of stock." Finally, in 1878, S.U.I, got its first regular appropriation ($20,000). After that, it slowly began to grow...
...bravely announced an expansion program for her enterprises, said that there is "no limit and no ceiling to the expansion and growth" of the Moody enterprises. But Texans were skeptical. The American National Insurance Co. is regarded by businessmen as a solid, well-organized firm in a position to grow rapidly. Other parts of the Moody empire are not so solid. Many of the Moody hotels have seen better days, need modernization. Even if Mrs. Northen matches the business ability of her father, Texans figure that she has a big job on her hands...