Word: grows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...formidable competitor, according to industry analysts. Boasts Compaq spokesman John Sweney: "It's a full-function PC. It gets everything into that same size without any of the compromises that other manufacturers had to make." Compaq is aiming at a hot new market: laptop sales are expected to grow from 834,000 units this year to 2 million annually...
...Andreas fault and made doomy jokes about it; it is like having a violent beast in the basement, knowing that one day it may burst up through the living-room floor. But there is no preparation for the moment. Only certain animals feel premonitory vibrations undetectable to humans. They grow skittish. Horses glare with a wild panicked...
...case of the stock market, such a numerical need is perfectly logical. The number was the story: down 190.58 points. The way in which numbers are expected to grow into bigger numbers, however, is not so straightforward. Exciting numbers--200, 300, 400, 500--flitted through American minds all weekend. In the end, a combination of relief and disappointment greeted Monday's actual closing figure: back up 88.12 points...
Just as environmentalism began as a local movement, it must continue to grow at the grass roots even as it gathers force in the chanceries and parliaments of the world. Individuals and nations alike must learn to think on a far broader scale about themselves, their needs and their interests or a global catastrophe will force them...
...times change, and little boys grow up. These days, I don't know if it's something that's simply wrong with me, but I just can't say the words "I love you" to my parents. Last week, they called and ended our conversation with "We love you, son." I answered, "See you later," and hung...