Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deregulated in 1978, American, Delta, United and other major carriers abandoned many unprofitable routes serving smaller cities. Into the void flew a fleet of plucky commuter lines. Relying largely on twin-engine turboprops, the regional airlines, including Atlantic Southeast, Air Wisconsin and Ransome, began turning profits in markets where bigger airlines and their larger planes had lost money...
Diana has become a British national monument. According to one recent tally in The Book of Money Lists, the Princess of Wales is a bigger draw than Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament combined. In the past two years she has generated some $66.6 million in revenue from magazines, books and tourism...
...There's no sense worrying about what you have no control over. I just hope it keeps getting bigger and bigger, like New York City. I'm a businessman, true, but I'm a native, so I can see things on both sides of the fence. If a local person doesn't like it, I can understand that, but money talks." A salesclerk for an outlet comes in for a soda, and Wagner asks her how's business. Oh, she says, "it's terribly busy," and Wagner says, "God bless America...
Fish sees the International Junior Squash Exchange Program not as a one-time deal, but rather as a precursor to bigger and better things in the future. He hopes to eventually attract players from developing nations and from countries who are just now developing squash programs like China...
...crowds got bigger as we approached the park. I saw my brother again and he was leading the people around him in chanting my name. What a life, I thought...