Word: grown
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...brother read off the sign we’d approached, articulating every syllable like our own little Roberto Benigni in the back seat. My dad’s brow had grown increasingly furrowed as his high hopes for finding Iacurso gradually plummeted—our quest seemed dead, having found its final resting place at this seemingly private cemetery just off the arid dirt road...
...gap.Take, for example, a recent event held by The Coalition and several of Harvard’s black groups, which sponsored a discussion about gay life with the current and immediate past mayors of Cambridge, both of whom are black and queer. As the campus’ diversity has grown, it has been a natural step for queer groups catering to these more specific racial and cultural niches to grow right alongside them.“[Discussion] is getting more nuanced now that we’ve been talking about queerness by itself,” says Donahue of BGLTSA?...
...think having watched her for the last three seasons she has really grown as a player on and off the field,” senior captain Lauren Bobzin said. “She came in with a certain set of talents and has elaborated on them...
...Revival: A decade ago, the Miami-Dade County police force could have defeated the Colombian military. Back then, in fact, the Marxist guerrillas of the FARC had the upper hand in Colombia's four-decade-old civil war. But since Uribe took office in 2002, the armed forces have grown and modernized impressively enough to land body blows against the FARC, as demonstrated by Reyes' stunning demise. Chavez may have spent $4 billion over the past decade to buy everything from AK-47 rifles to Russian Sukhoi fighter planes, but the Venezuelan armed forces haven't seen real action since...
...Ferrell) cracks awful joke after awful joke to the point of awkwardness. The only time I found myself chuckling hard was when I first saw Ferrell sporting a 70s get-up reminiscent of the Bee-Gees. There were, however, a few scenes that sparked giggles. Any basket-brawl featuring grown men fighting each other to the tune of “Why Can’t We Be Friends” is sure to bring a smile to the average face. The scene was just long enough to be amusing, and just short enough to make the viewer yearn...