Word: lift
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tree disease somewhat similar to boils. Nobody knows what causes burls, as nobody knows what causes cancer. They form most often underground where the roots join the tree. Burl diggers notice a slight swelling of the trunk at the ground level, dig down, chop off the roots and lift out the burl. The surgery required for burls above ground is more simple; they are just sawed...
Cavalcade-not the first, but the second British magazine to lift TIME'S form and formula-has devoted a large part of its two years in business to falling between a succession of journalistic stools. Last week currency was given to the most recent and most awkward farrago in Cavalcade's career...
...group, representative of half the nation's business, anxious to cooperate with Washington. In addition, circumstances of the conference made it impossible to form any organization. But immediate failure should not discourage leaders of little business from trying to organize a body to discuss problems with the government, help lift the business "fog," and in general improve the relations between...
...Recovery depends," he declared, "on the raising of new enterprise capital by private financing, and on the closely related matter of new and private construction. Even if recovery regains good momentum next year it seems unlikely that it can do so rapidly enough to lift the figures for new capital and new construction above those...
...Army. Nevertheless, West Point officials insisted that athletics were as much a part of Army requirements as book learning and every cadet should have an equal opportunity to prove his ability in competitive sport regardless of previous affiliations. Suddenly last week, two days after the Big Ten decided to lift...