Word: risen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chair. Rodger P. Stewart's suit had holes in the knees. His shoes were run down. There were a few prunes in the room, some stale bread and some rice. The cops listened to a recital of the old man's Spartan way of life: he had risen every day at 5, had gone to Mass, then to a public library to read. He had no visitors. He retired each night at 7. Some of the policemen recalled that he cadged dimes for food on the streets nearby...
...World War II, in the retreat to Dunkirk, he was operational commander of "Mac Force," the improvised formation covering the British right flank, and was mentioned in dispatches. Back in England he shot up to be the youngest lieutenant general in the British army. Believing he had risen too quickly, he asked for and got a combat command...
...blast itself off into space. Since it would already be moving in its earth-circling orbit at a good clip (16,000 m.p.h.), it would need only a moderate additional push to give it escape velocity. Then it could cruise freely in space, like a ship that has risen out of a whirlpool and reached the smooth surface of a lake...
...true, said the committee, that New England has lost grievously in the shoe and textile fields-industries which suffered a nationwide drop in jobs. But in growth industries where employment has risen, New England has about kept up with the rest of the U.S. This, said the report, was "not a bad record...
Rising costs also forced the Law School further into the red. A $47,016,04 deficit for last year means a two-year drop of nearly $80,000. In 1949-50, the School wound up more than $55,000 in the black, but expenses have risen sharply during the last two years...