Word: grows
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...believe that the world is coming to an end," Professor Ripley continued. "It is true, we are passing through a trying period, but we will come through safely if only we do not grow impatient...
...prunes a good food?" was asked. And he had to determine, within a fraction of a second, whether it was because prunes grow in California, are wholesome and economical, are served is boarding houses, or because they make an attractive dish...
...team, a managership, a competition for one of the papers. By so doing you will grow to like Harvard and will make Harvard like...
...older generation, looked upon government as an evil necessity, and with many misgivings as to whether it was a necessity at all. With the passing of the frontier however, this reign of blatent lawlessness came to an end, and since that time we have been confronted with a growing spirit of paternalism. During the war, when compulsion was to a large extent, absolutely essential, we saw this tendency grow, and though momentarily we find a let-up, it is clear that governmental regulation is increasing...
Plans for the Legion as outlined show that it is to be essentially democratic and non-partisan. It must not become a second Grand Army of the Republic, interested only in politics and old soldiers' rights. The real aim must be constructive; it must perpetuate a purpose which will grow even after the men who fought in the Great War are dead. We must not allow the great moral principles for which America went into the war, and which have not received their due recognition at the peace conference, to be forgotten. And any nation-wide organization which...