Word: outgrow
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...black supporters in the past, Obama himself would prefer the former—and rightly so. On the national stage, his constituents are different, and his politics must be too. Obama is well-rooted in the African American community, but to represent the interests the nation, he must outgrow those roots and prove himself independent...
...considering a 1957 Ford pickup a work of art? Am I right in holding a 1953 Mad comic (#5, of course) in the same esteem? Or are we both merely venerating, financially and artistically, the tastes of our youths that we are too stubborn or eternally adolescent to outgrow...
...Hamburg, Conergy's CEO is convinced that the business will outgrow the need for government support. He thinks his company has a good shot in the U.S. market, where solar has received lukewarm federal support. "Americans," he says, "love to get German engineering." Even the subsidized kind...
...trying to influence boys to make the right decisions, but it's not intrusive. The whole thing has to be built around human relations and communication; you protect that and build outward." A paradoxical result of all this careful human cultivation is that for many, Eton becomes hard to outgrow: a more intense experience, at a more formative time, than anything that comes after. Nick Fraser, an accomplished documentary filmmaker, has just published The Importance of Being Eton, Inside the World's Most Powerful School, a memoir-cum-essay that probes Eton's lifelong influence. He speaks of classmates...
...bands make it. You make it by building a base of permanent fans—not just transient college kids—and you tour.”This seems to be the problem at the core of Blanks.’s endeavor--even as they outgrow Harvard’s resources, they need student support to expand beyond the Signet/Quincy Cage scene. They’re banking on a strong showing of Harvard students at a critical gig next week to propel them to the next phase of their career. Blanks. will be playing with four other bands...