Word: growing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thousand, eight hundred feet above the trailer a single engine plane stalls, glides and drops two black dots. They grow. Their parachutes don't open but Maclaughlin ignores the two plummeting people. He looks steely-eyed at his charges, each of us with our heads tossed back, eyes wide open, jaws dropped, certain the two divers will, in less than 17 seconds, bounce and splatter on the grass. "Ooooo, ooooo" we say as two chutes blossom and the jumpers silently glide toward earth. Maclaughlin's brows are down, his lips pursed, his eyes still locked in on his students. "Snap...
...horizon. I make out a small rectangular building surrounded by dots, a small field and then trees and lakes. The air swirls silently. A band of trees approaches but I glance once more to the parachute, the sky and the horizon. The stiff branches of the trees mesh and grow larger. I cover my face, bring my feet together, and fall into the brush. At the trailer, Don hears loud snapping and sends out one of his assistants. Sal. Sal sprints across the field and comes to the edge of the woods. "You O.K.?" he yells. "Yeah," I answer...
After taking a few minutes to grow accustomed to his new slot, Sergienko began distributing pin-point passes to fellow halfbacks Don Rung and Andy Kronfeld, and making long runs from mid-field which climaxed in long, booming shots...
...challenge to an incumbent President has not hurt Kennedy's image as a loyal party man; 85% classify him as such. He carries a reputation as an outstanding member of the U.S. Senate. But the feeling that his views are too liberal has begun to grow. A year ago, only 38% said he was too liberal, but that number has now jumped...
...first signs of neurofibromatosis usually appear in childhood: small, brown skin discolorations known as café au lait spots. Later, neurofibromas-ugly but benign skin tumors that can grow to look like brown cauliflower-may form anywhere on the body, particularly on the back, chest and abdomen. In severe cases, the body is eventually covered by thousands of these tumors. Some may develop internally, attaching to the brain's acoustic or optic nerves and other vital tissues. Another, rarer manifestation of the disease is "elephant skin," large hanging folds of epidermis...