Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...London, written from his bed at the Royal Naval Hospital in Plymouth, Sir Francis explained: "After returning from my round-the-world trip in 1967, an illness developed and in due course it was discovered that I had a malignant growth near the base of my spine. The tumor spread to involve my spine and later other bones. With the help of appropriate treatment I have been fighting this trouble, and on the whole it has been a successful fight-because it did not prevent me from building a new yacht and improving the singlehanded-long-distance world speed record...
...supervisors who insist on working holidays and their normal days off. The fines range from $3.25 to $6.50 for each violation-a much larger sum in Japan than in the U.S. Some American workers who wonder if the boss will ever go home might wish to see the practice spread more widely...
...national forests if a company will pay for the seedlings (they cost 15? each). To ensure that it is not put in the position of endorsing a product, the service reserves the right to pass on each ad. The arrangement enables the service to use commercial ads to spread its prime message-the public must protect U.S. woodlands threatened by fire and commercial timber demands -while allowing companies to leaven their sales pitches with a pinch of altruism...
...manages to suggest much of the political and philosophical history of 19th century Europe. A series of clashes (1830, 1848 and, in France, 1870) only slowly confirmed-and often simply denied-the rights of man briefly proclaimed by the French Revolution. Meanwhile, the poor suffered as the industrial revolution spread. A debate arose-with echoes today in the U.S. -between those who defended individual liberty, ignoring the fact that only the middle class, or above, could take advantage of it, and those who urged the need for state control for the good of society...
...every little occurrence. He is variously a Parisian auto mechanic, a keeper of military carrier pigeons, a P.O.W. assistant to the chief forester at Hermann Goring's hunting preserve, and a youth scout for a Nazi eugenics program. Each of these jobs gives Tiffauges a chance to spread his mythic wings. As Abel, he recalls...