Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chance to mispronounce Robsion's name "Ro-Ben-son." Combs's running mate for Lieutenant Governor, onetime Louisville Mayor Wilson Watkins Wyatt, 53, one of the founders of the left-wing Americans for Democratic Action, and Adlai Stevenson's 1952 campaign manager, piled an even bigger majority (498,278 to 308,622) upon Ballad Singer Pleaz Mobley, a G.O.P. candidate with songs aplenty but little political appeal...
...postwar dollar shortages. In many cases the changes were more psychological than real, for tariffs or market conditions will continue to exclude what quotas do not. Still, the U.S. was only hoping to boost exports 10%. As for Washington's appeal for other volunteers to shoulder a bigger share of foreign aid costs, the echoing silence was loud...
...months it will cancel restrictions on a wide range of dollar imports, including bourbon (though the Japanese prefer Scotch), TV sets, household appliances, autos and cosmetics. Biggest item will be liberalization of such vital U.S. supplies as soybeans, scrap iron, hides and tallow, which should capture an even bigger share of the Japanese market, boost total U.S. sales to Japan by 5% ($40 million...
...damaged his reputation. Reason: his friends will not believe that he was not in on the fix. He filed a $500,000 suit against NBC, the show's producers (Barry & Enright Productions) and the sponsor (Procter & Gamble). What's more, argued Clark, his eye on an even bigger payoff, the fix cost him a possible $40,000 in winnings. He sued for that...
Eastern's new terminal, a three-story expanse of granite, concrete and emerald-tinted glass, is nearly double the floor space for the entire Newark Airport building, which is used by eleven airlines. Its main lobby is bigger than the main concourse of either Grand Central or Pennsylvania stations. To handle the 2.3 million passengers expected to move through it next year on 104 daily flights, the terminal is equipped with inclined ramps instead of stairways, a null electronic flight-information board, three-lane enclosed auto driveways that lead into the first and second floors, a dining room, cocktail...