Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tour was going swimmingly: the lead was seesawing, and the money was rolling in. There was talk of extending the present schedule of 70-odd matches. Kramer, who gets the bigger percentage of the gate, stands to earn $115,000 or more...
That day isn't here yet-but the plans are being laid for it. When the day comes, colleges will have to be a lot bigger, or there will have to be a lot more colleges. Last week California and New York, the two states with the biggest educational migraines, chose the lesser evil. The trick is, they agreed, to make little ones out of big ones...
...footed the New Republic's steady deficit since 1914, had given up the dream of a slick-paper product with lavish displays of half-tones, big names and special art work. Gone, in the undertow of the economy wave, was a flock of staffers. The staff was still bigger than in pre-Wallace days, but the survivors had that worried "who's next" look. The trouble was that the magazine had been staffed and geared up for a 330,000 sale with advertising income to match, but printing problems had multiplied and advertisers had failed to queue...
...field events and particularly in the weights that the current Harvard team holds whatever knockout punch it has. Sam Felton, of course, heads the list. Despite his embarrassment at so much coverage in relation to his teammates, he will be getting even bigger headlines in the next few months. He is the number one college weightman in the country today...
...last year at New Jersey Law College, Ozzie organized a band to help pay his way. By the time he got his diploma (1930), he had decided that his eight-piece hand looked a lot bigger than a lawyer's shingle. In a year he was making more money than a Supreme Court justice...