Word: better
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nucleus of the bill was still the Army engineers' plan for bigger and better levees along the main stream of the Mississippi from Cairo, 111., down, and spillways at the foot of the river. The Army figure for this work was $295,000,000. The Senate's elaborations raised the figure to $325,000,000 nominally. The actual cost entailed was estimated as high as $1,500,000,000. It was to pare down and fix the Senate's elaborations that President Coolidge's men fought during the House debates. This fight centred on two points...
...piece band inaugurated their second week as the feature stage attraction at the Metropolitan yesterday. Those who did not see the jazz-makers last week, as well as those who did, for that matter, should not miss this remaining opportunity, as both band and leader are even better than formerly in a lavish revue, with special settings, lighting effects, and costumes. The famous orchestra is the nucleus of the show which is more elaborate than usual, as is always the case at the Met. However, the new music is really deserving of being the hit of the show, and this...
...Wildcats could do no better than that, however, against the tossing of F. B. Cutts '28, who turned in a very creditable performance on the mound. Cutts kept the Granite State hits well scattered and, but for several notable exceptions, kept the losers well in hand...
...walk even in that building without unhappiness, for by then the offensively uncollegiate garments should be in the slums. Last year they were sent to the flood victims, but the arrival of uncollegiate clothing in New Hampshire was was looked upon as an impertinence in some of the better refugee circles. And however prejudiced the poor may be, Phillips Brooks House can still do the Christian thing by the rich. Lowella may go her old way, and sin no more...
...East's stars I'll mention Scull of Pennsylvania. Bar tholomew and Bates of Penn State, Pappas of Princeton, Charles of Colgate. Harlow of Syracuse, Walker of Yale, Quinn and Daley of Cornell, and French of Harvard. Of course there are plenty more who may to as well or better than these, but these men look promising judging from past records...