Word: growingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...separate on friendly terms, having agreed to talk some more. Mexico's discovery of oil may have healthy consequences in more than the obvious ways. Not only will it forestall the day when the world runs out of gas, but it may also force the United States to grow up and stop treating its southern neighbor like a child...
...glass wall. The Soviets call him "the white-haired hawk." Many U.S. arms experts would agree, believing that Nitze has narrowed his vision to statistics, which cannot tell the full story of power. They counter his figures with compelling arguments that without a treaty the arms race will grow, and the Russians will gain even more unless the U.S. adds massively to its own arsenal...
Hammer, a writer and lecturer, says in her book that "women tend to live through and in response to other people." One consequence, she says, is that,"a vicious cycle has developed in which women who were not encouraged to grow up raised daughters who are not encouraged to grow up either." Friday adds that as "the first and lasting model" for their daughters, mothers all too often pass on clinging, dependent attitudes, a fear of sex and an impoverished sense of self...
...glimpse of the fish that had only been known from the earth's fossil record until the accidental discovery of a living specimen by a British biologist some 40 years ago. Since then, fishermen have caught two dozen more live coelacanths in their nets Unfortunately, the creatures, which grow to about 1.5 meters (5 ft.), weigh about 70 kg (150 Ibs.) and possess four large fins−apparently the evolutionary beginnings of limbs−usually were dead by the time they reached scientists...
With the more than five million world-wide followers it claims to have today, perhaps Scientology will continue to grow. After all, Scientology literature claims that Hubbard has applied science to the humanities, unifying the realms of the spirit and the natural sciences. And, as Velona said, John Travolta is a scientologist...