Word: better
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...both Peter and Mama. "When I got to America, I had $5.50," recalls Peter, "and when I paid the express for my trunk I didn't have anything." Peter, who spoke no English them, went on in the shoe repair business, and gradually turned his trade to bigger and better things. To the shoe repair business was soon added that of shoemaking. The Limmers showed a sample pair of ski boots around, but in 1924 there weren't many skiers in America...
...boots, according to Peter, are better than the ones they made in the old country, but along the same general lines. "We believe," explains Peter Jr., "that if the boot is carefully fitted and comfortable, yet tough and waterproof, it's right. All the extra lacings and straps you can put on only get in your way and hurt your feet...
Coach Poley Guyda's Yardling squad, which started well and then lost two contests three weeks ago, has won one and tied two in its last three games. Brown has a better than average freshman squad, having tied Connecticut's strong team in early season. But the Cubs were held to a 0 to 0 draw against MIT Wednesday...
Saltonstall pointed out that a lawyer is better able to interpret statutes, and through his practice has a broader range of experience than other people. The lawyer gains the confidence of the less educated people, too, he continued...
Administration members jumped on the Democratic sweep in the Empire State to point up their claims of bigger and better things for the Fair Deal. They pointed to victories in traditionally Republican cities like Syracuse and Port Jervis, and to the fact that four Democrats gained city council seats in Philadelphia, of all places. They chuckled over Fulton Lewis' confident pre-election remark that Harry Truman couldn't call Lehman's victory a mandate unless he got a 100,000 majority...