Word: growingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Neither is willing to become human, to grow up. Jules sees that he cannot hold her. "Love her," he pleads with...
...pull up stakes and leave. Two of the most prominent, Albert and Fred Bartlett, have sold their farm near Mount Kenya to make a new life in Australia; Ken Jespersen is in the U.S. seeking work; Eric Rungren, a veteran elephant hunter, may move to California or Florida and grow oranges. All this promises further damage to the faltering economy, by discouraging foreign tourists...
Belts of Misery. While Latin America's population grows at the rate of 2.4% per year (v. Africa's 1.9%, Asia's 1.8%), its cities are expanding more than twice as fast. And most of the growth is in the slums. In the past twelve years, Mexico City has grown from 3,000,000 to 4,900,000 in population; of the total, 1,500,000 exist in what Mexicans call the "belt of misery" ringing the city. Lima's slums have grown from a handful of miserables to a city-within-a-city...
...paperwork. "With Government reporting demands," he says, "the production of the office has approached the production of the plant. But the average top business executive, trained in production or sales, is still ignorant about office systems." By helping to eradicate that ignorance, Spayd predicts, Standard Register will grow by a solid 8% to 10% each year for at least the next five years...
Hillier has done a fine job of directing; just when a scene seems to grow static, he makes it explode in five different directions. He has cleverly filled the gaps between scenes, and, best of all, he has staged a thoroughly professional show. Muffs, backstage clonkings, and all the other annoyances one habitually associates with House drama are at an absolute minimum...