Word: risen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seems incredible that Governor Roosevelt's physical handicap, above which he has risen with such courage, should be used by anyone as a basis for ridicule, and I believe TIME enjoys the distinction of being the only publication in the country to display such unspeakably bad taste...
...presume that both men as they have risen in the world have forgotten this interesting incident--but I, being the sophomore roommate of one of these men, will never forget his consternation and the poignant sense of discouragement. But both men bore their silent grief like gentlemen. W. B. Webster...
...defeat of her half-brother also numbered the happy days of big, buxom, buoyant Dolly Curtis Gann as Second Lady of the Land. From a modest vine-clad house in Cleveland Park she had risen to queen it over Washington society. The nation's snickers at her battle for precedence over Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the late Speaker's wife, had left her unabashed. She it was who kept her brother Charlie's backbone stiff in demanding every honor due the Vice President. She had come to fancy herself as a political spellbinder and G.O.P. headquarters found...
...months since June 1, Dow-Jones average of 40 bonds has risen from...
...upward trend of the marks made by undergraduates in November hours comes as no surprise, either in that grades have improved or because of its details. The grades of the College have risen to the extent that there are 1.6 per cent less unsatisfactory records this year than there were last, an improvement of about five per cent in the Freshman class, and approximately one per cent among Juniors and Sophomores; in contrast the Senior class has a few more failures than the class...