Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They were relatively low in 1948 because businessmen then were "writing-off" depreciation expenses on machinery that they had bought at relatively low prewar prices; lately businessmen have been depreciating much costlier postwar equipment. In addition, the laws have been greatly liberalized since 1948 to allow businessmen to take bigger write-offs over briefer periods, and thus charge off against "depreciation" a lot of income that otherwise would have been counted as straight, taxable profit...
...Reluctant Yes. While running Bridgeport with genuine affection (he opposed urban renewal, recalls a longtime aide, "because he resented the thought that anything in Bridgeport needed to be renewed-that would mean it wasn't perfect"), McLevy yearned for bigger things. In all he ran for public office 54 times in 58 years, including 15 times for Governor, twice for the U.S. Senate. He was always defeated for higher office, and finally even Bridgeport turned him down. The city's 25,000 schoolchildren desperately needed new buildings: its housing shortage could no longer be denied. Reluctantly, McLevy raised...
...infantry stormed over Thag La ridge and swept away a 5,000-man Indian brigade strung out along the Kechilang River. The surprise was complete, and dazed survivors of the Chinese attack struggled over the pathless mountains, where hundreds died of exposure. In Ladakh the Chinese scored an even bigger victory, occupying the entire 14,000 square miles that Peking claims is Chinese territory...
...Bigger Fight. The great chicken war is only the opening blast in a larger crisis in trade relations between the U.S. and the Common Market. The U.S. sells 10% of its farm produce abroad, and one-third of that total-or $1.1 billion worth -usually goes to Common Market nations. The Common Market has made no secret that it is moving toward broadly higher agricultural tariffs to protect small, inefficient European farmers. Last week a panel of U.S. economists reported to Congress that U.S. farm exports to Europe may shrink as much as 30% by 1970. Heaviest losses are expected...
...really big writing name he was likely to stay there for a lifetime. But today, scholarly competition is cutthroat, and the great writers of the past are likely to be swarmed over as an elephant carcass is swarmed over by ants, each one fruitfully busy but no one bigger than the next. Nevertheless, some hardy scholars can justly lay claim to authoritative possession of one literary giant or near giant, by virtue of either a brilliant critical study that makes rivals obsolete or research of such exhaustive thoroughness that it discourages competitors. Among them: Edgar Johnson, of New York...