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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...should be bitter," he went on. "But the bomb brought immediate surrender, which saved many more lives than were lost. While it destroyed materially, it did not destroy spiritually. It has meant that we Japanese who are left can build a better and freer country than the one our militarists took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Report from Nagasaki | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Harvard has the advantage, though. The team is still fighting mad after last year's hotly-argued loss to the Blue. Yale won, 14 to 13, though the varsity had the better team and scored twenty more touches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Fencers Face Yale Today In Toss-Up Meet | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

Yale boasts a strong set of freestyle men, headed by Ray Reid, frequent winner in both the 100 and 50-yard races, and including Don Erwin, Emil Estoclet, and Larry Munson. Against these, Bob Borke, Mort Hull, Jerry Gorman, Bill Mac-Vickar, and Shep Brown will have to show better than their very best stuff...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Mighty Yale Swimming, Basketball Teams Hit Town Today | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

...demand for a dining halls survey was much too general, it was reported. He claimed that a survey might make suggestions that would improve food, but would also raise the board rate. The two to one majority that favored improved food to lower cost only indicates that students want better meals, Reynolds added...

Author: By Fred B. Little, | Title: Reynolds Vetoes Survey Of College Dining Halls | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

...only strong criticism is that Pablo was allowed to sleep through the curtain calls. If the Pudding wants to win friends, they better wake Gwynne up and give him a call all by himself. Maybe they could rig a hammock in midstage...

Author: By Charles W. Balley, | Title: "Tomorrow Is Manana" | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

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