Word: growingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...case, Powell insisted that his prerogatives had not been severely curtailed but only slightly "pruned." And, the chairman observed hopefully, "You know what happens to plants when you prune them? They grow even stronger...
...wheatfields. As the harvest gathered momentum across the 1,000-mile sweep of the Canadian prairies last week, the empty, echoing granaries filled with the largest crop in the nation's history-a crop that is already sold out, as is all the grain the prairies can grow for the rest of the decade. With the rumble of the harvest came a cacophony of Canadian sounds that, taken together, sounded unmistakably like boom...
...Ford Foundation grant and the new volunteers. The grant will provide $12 per student for books this year, compared to $10 per student last year. Thirty five new volunteers will enable PBH to teach 22 classes this year, compared to 14 last year and enrollment will grow from 420 students to about 770. Most of these are from low-income families...
Delano is not among the larger valley towns, but it has long prided itself on being the unofficial grape capital of the world. The three counties grouped around the city grow 90% of America's table grapes and a fair percentage of the wine grapes as well, With a steady stream of migrant harvesters and a reliable supply of Mexican and Filipino resident labor, there was nothing in Delano to threaten good harvests and good profits but the occasional summer rains...
...only place I'll ever be able to grow grapes," one striker said, "is under my fingernails...