Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problem of Cuba-spawned subversion is. of course, one for all of Latin America. Although Mexico seems unconcerned, responsible leaders in many 6f the other nations realize that the Soviet presence in Cuba is a bigger threat to them than to the U.S. Their growing willingness to do something about it is. from the U.S. viewpoint, one of many encouraging signs in Latin America. The trend is such that one overenthusiastic State Department official last week crowed: "I defy anyone to find any year in the last 150 when so much progress has taken place in Latin America...
...saltwater conversion plant, sumptuous guest cabins, and a master's suite with an Italian terrazzo-tile bath fitted with gold taps. Rumored cost: close to $700,000. "If one of my friends gets details about this boat," Ford told his builders, "he'll immediately order a bigger, faster, more luxurious...
...denied him. Europeans were quick to recognize the value of McCracken's voice, but though he sounded just right for lyric romantic roles, his size cost him the job: he is 5 ft. 10 in. tall, weighs 270 Ibs.. and has a 52-in. chest-eight inches bigger than Sonny Liston's and twelve bigger, than Jayne Mansfield...
...Bigger things now beckon. "Boats! Yachts!" says Macqueen enthusiastically. "There's no difference, really, between knitting a boat and knitting a bra cup. The boat is about the same shape, just bigger that's all." He is hard at work on a machine to knit glass-fiber yarn into streamlined boat hulls up to 40 ft. long. "You put the garment into a mold," says Macqueen, "and plasticize it. Hey, presto! You have a yacht...
...most praiseworthy attributes of the House system is the speed with which the Houses can adapt to trends in undergraduate interests. He points out that a House can institute a seminar in sculpture or painting at few weeks' notice, while the University's reaction, though immensely bigger and better equipped, may take two or three years to appear...