Word: redden
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...east coast this summer, many a vacationer shivered on wet, chilly beaches or glumly played bridge indoors. Farmers and home gardeners watched their tomatoes, starved for sunlight, refused to redden. Lawns stayed green through August; human skins stayed untanned. When city folk streamed home disgustedly after Labor Day, many had the feeling that they had weathered al most an entire summer of dank Aleutian cold...
...effects of marijuana smoking somewhat resemble those of alcohol. Within half to one hour the viper's eyes redden, his pupils dilate, his tongue gets parched. If he is a novice, he frequently breaks into uncontrollable laughter, or vomits. But an hour or so later he is "high." He has a sensation of floating on air, or falling softly on waves. His ears ring sweetly, his head swims pleasantly, his limbs are langorously heavy, his hunger grows, especially for sweets. Curious things happen to his perceptions of space and time. Objects a mile outside the window may seem with...
While sumacs, maples redden...
Hertz's intentions, not his background, worry the Army. Two fears: 1) that he will yank MTD away from the Army, make it an independent bureau; 2) that he will work too fast, redden the face of many a poky brass hat. As aides, Hertz will use businessmen, not Army officers...
...that he had been a party member for five years. He ordered Schappes to stand trial on charges that he had lied to the committee (saying there were only four Communists at the college), edited a "coarse, abusive, scurrilous, intemperate, scandalous and vulgar" Communist sheet, advised fellow teachers to Redden their students' minds...