Word: grows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...beginning is ominous-three foes to one friend, among the states having acted. If the proposed Amendment is to grow to the maturity of ratification, it must reverse the proportion, win 36 of the 48 states...
...considered expedition to a bedroom occupied by Julie and her wealthy friend, Alice Carey, Alan and his mother left Findellen. Julie was relieved. She began to grow up, still under the devoted guidance of her father. Her friendship for Alice Carey continued. An almost hysterical love sprang up between her and old Martha Perrin, mistress of her school...
...heart of Professor Francis Child. Doctor Moffat has published a translation in modern English of the entire Old Testament. Acting on the principle that the King James version is a vast, unweeded garden, the Doctor has rolled up scholarly sleeves and has planted a garden where no archaisms grow. For exactly what reasons he believes that "a barge of cypress wood wit cabin accommodations" is more appropriate than ark, or that the term, park, is more comprehensible to modern readers than the Garden of Eden, remains somewhat of a mystery...
...beings. In his Bureau, he formed a "poison squad" of volunteers-12 gallant youths from the clerical force who swore to eat nothing beyond the curious diet he daily administered to them. He fed them on advertised foods that contained boracic acid, sulfates, benzoates, formaldehyde; he watched their cheeks grow lean, their temples hollow, their skins turn the color of whey. He watched the falling off of their flesh, the softening of their bones; and he tabulated the results. His principle postulated two theories-1) that food should not be in itself poisonous, 2) that it should be mixed with...
...quite conceivable that as time goes on art will gain in importance among American people as it has among the people of the older civilizations of Europe. In proportion as art takes a more prominent place in the life of the nation, the conviction will grow that government can construct as well as prohibit, that by lending its aid it can foster the development of a truly national...