Word: better
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...been caught four times for breaking into stores, had spent 15 years in prison. Life behind walls was intolerable to him and he grew morose and hopeless in "stir." Nevertheless during his last stretch, 34 months at the Iowa State Penitentiary, he forced himself to plan a better life for the future...
...sure I've often pitied a poor girl," said Mrs. Warren, speaking from experience, "tired out and in low spirits, having to please some man . . . [Still] it's far better than any other employment open...
Despite such political and ideological unrest, Nehru insists: "People do not believe in 'isms.' They believe in their own individual life . . . India is fundamentally stable because its peasants are better off than before. Industrial workers are, in some cases, a little better off and in some cases a little worse off. But, in any case, not discontented. But the middle class is much worse off and that is the danger to our stability...
...final turn. By then, Djeddah had already faded but Coronation charged on to win by four lengths over Double Rose, paying 4-1 francs for 1. Said one dejected infielder as the numbers went up: "Encore une pour le trust [One more for the trust]." The sentimentalists did better: Love Goddess Hayworth's filly paid a handsome...
...drilled the 53 musicians from his NBC Symphony through two renearsals just as demandingly as if they were to play for royalty. Said one: "There's just something about Toscanini; he makes us sound better...