Word: grows
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Murphy said Buildings and Grounds is currently trying hard to make the grass grow in the Yard again. He said the salt that was ground into the soil during the big snow storms and the strikers who stood on the ground at the beginning of the spring almost ruined the grass completely...
...with their research, and matters of administration and student trouble interfere with their work. A study by the Brookings Institution found that faculty members spend three to four times as much time on administrative work as they would desire ideally.y It is little wonder, then, that faculty members who grow tired of student unrest simply pick up and leave the university where they have been working, trying to find a calmer place. This has happened most dramatically at Berkeley, at Columbia, and recently at Cornell. There are other reasons too, of course, especially in the case of Berkeley. But, generally...
...would solve a lot of problems such as: (a) relieve trustees of a lot of uncompensated and unappreciated duties; (b) give the campus grass a chance to grow; and (c) let students rediscover the world of work...
...lumbering spy planes requires many jet fighters. Ostensibly, the size and power of TF-71 were intended to discourage North Korea from further adventurism. But there was also a domestic political consideration. During the presidential campaign, Nixon had maintained that the U.S. should react to small provocations lest they grow into large incidents. There were plenty of hawks around last week to remind him of that remark...
...year since 1960, while total labor costs have been climbing by only 11%. With such economic advantages, Japanese automakers have lately been able to snare a rapidly increasing share of the world auto market. Auto and truck exports rose 51% last year, to $714 million, and are expected to grow another...