Word: grows
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...Hussein had a historic role to play," says MacLeod, "and he played it with courage and honor." Of necessity, though, he had to grow into the role. The young aristocrat with a love of fast cars and beautiful women became the warrior king who took control of his country's army from its British mentors and personally commanded his forces in a bloody battle against Palestinian insurrectionists in the "Black September...
Like all good defense lawyers, Clinton's team sought to sow enough confusion into the House managers' case to grow a little reasonable doubt in the Senators' heads. But they could not completely smooth over some troubling parts of the case. It was hard to cast Clinton's conversations with Betty Currie as innocent refreshment of his memory rather than insidious coaching of a potential witness. As Senator Arlen Specter and others asked on Friday, how exactly would it help his memory to ask Currie questions that were all false--"I never touched her, right? We were never alone, right...
...time, Barker grew and sold tobacco to keep the farm and support his family. Even when he lost most of his acreage after the government and other creditors finally forced him into bankruptcy two years ago, he bounced back--putting together a cooperative with other destitute black farmers to grow and process sweet potatoes and other vegetables...
...tech, the market values hardware makers by a much more stringent standard than the newer Net businesses. Even though Intel and Seagate, the largest maker of personal-computer disk drives, signaled that sales are extremely robust, they are still in an industry that will be lucky to grow 20% in 1999. Yahoo, by contrast, is in a business that seems to double every six months. Its stock is up 14% in the first half of January, after rising 584% in 1998. If advertisers come to view the Net the way they view television, as a medium where it's worth...
...Duke of Wellington is said to have observed, "The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton." This statement reflects a recognition that teaching and learning can occur in many places and that work need not be contrasted with play. The ultimate test is whether youngsters grow up to be decent human beings and whether, when it is their turn, they can successfully transmit values and practices to their offspring. Recent talk that parents do not matter is highly misleading. We do matter, especially when it comes to inculcating discipline, respect, responsibility, core values. Perhaps we cannot...