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Word: grows (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Later, as Clara grows stronger and older, plastic surgeons may take bits from this apron of skin, transplant them to other parts of her scarred body as islands from which new skin may grow and spread. Then, years hence, if all goes well, Clara Howard, with arms and head freed, will have a skin that is scarred and puckered but whole. John too will be permanently scarred but this thought did not deter him from volunteering. His mother, who takes roomers, promised to reward him with $20 and a new coat. But last week she took sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Artificial Siamese | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

...York's 52nd Street night club of somewhat the same name. Tamazunchale, meaning in Huastecan no less than "Where the Governess Is," is notable for a large sign, on one side of the most dingy of thirty very dingy huts reading "Dentista" in large letters, but behind these huts grow tangled masses of orchids...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/13/1937 | See Source »

...mold for forcing Hallowe'en pumpkins to grow into any desired shape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Path of Progress: Dec. 6, 1937 | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

...mother to hear Hofmann play in 1887, and, as Dr. Damrosch said gracefully as he introduced Pianist Hofmann at the Jubilee, the future President of the U. S. had asked: "Mother, if I practiced ever so hard could I be a great pianist like that when I grow up?" Added Dr. Damrosch: "I am afraid that the muses did not stand by his cradle as they did by the cradle of Josef Hofmann, but still he did pretty well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jubilee | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

...view was in direct opposition to that expressed by Ernest Lundeen Senator from Minnesota, who asserted that "we are isolated completely and forever. Some of our leaders need to grow up, come home, and be Americanized," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GUARDIAN CONFAB CONDEMNS PRESENT NEUTRALITY ACT | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

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