Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Obviously, Rocky's mind was on bigger things than state legislative affairs. Speaking to Washington's National Press Club, he, too, examined President Johnson's State of the Union speech and found it wanting-largely on the ground that it dangled promises that "simply will not be delivered at the quoted price...
...Armour foundered a few years back, he moved from nervous board member to nagging president, got the company on its feet in six years. Prince, now chairman but still chief executive, is satisfied that the meat packer with the modern look has diversified enough. He aims to get a bigger share of the broad fields that Armour has invaded...
...installations that have been bypassed by the main lines. Most of them can survive because they carry no passengers, have comparatively low property valuations, few employees (some get by with a dozen) and small tax and debt loads. Many short lines are terminal or switching operations owned by bigger roads, or bridge lines that run between two big roads. But the short-haul roads, which perform on a small scale the same functions as the big lines, are the heart of the short-line system. Often they depend on one or a few industries for their livelihood. The dependence...
...already dented Volkswagen's sales in Germany (TIME, Nov. 29), and G.M. hopes that the same thing will happen in the U.S. The company sold Opels through Buick once before, but dropped them in 1961 after it brought out its own compacts. Now, since its compacts have grown bigger in size, G.M. believes that there is room in its line for the small Kadett, which is only 154.5 in. long and 54 in. high but will seat four adults. The Kadett will be available as a station wagon, hardtop coupé, and standard two-door sedan; the two-door...
...Phausis females, they go for almost anything that shows a light. They have been known to try unsuccessfully for hours to mate with Lampyris females. They respond to dummies with lights that are unnatural red or blue, and they seem to prefer a dummy with a lure that is bigger or brighter than normal. Phausis females, also, are less resourceful than their Lampyris relatives. No matter how long they go unmated, they never wiggle their abdomens. Dr. Schaller believes that such Phausis dullness keeps the sexes from getting together. As a kind of compensation for this biological disadvantage, there...