Word: sprouted
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...knees and tried to eat the kerosene-scented meal. Toward the end I realized that the white stuff on my plate was fish. The bone was a giveaway. As the plane entered the last 45 minutes or so of its flight, some of the men in uniform began to sprout earphones and mikes in their cuffs, Secret Service-style. By the time we had landed, several not very military-looking young men - one dressed like a student, one in a cheap jacket and tie - were also strapping on large side arms and testing their mikes. Presumably some sort of covert...