Word: biggers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since the Hoover-MacDonald Conference will deal only with naval disarmament, the Welshman had successfully wangled into the record that he is the champion of things bigger, broader, better...
...Bigger than all New England is the Mexican state of Sonora. Biggest news of the week in Sonora was a ferocious scheme, calmly announced by the great landed proprietor Francisco Fimbres to put to death a whole tribe of Apache Indians, braves, squaws and papooses. Local papers praised Ferocious Fimbres. He claimed to have every assurance that the Mexican Government would not try to stop his private massacre...
...Humble Oil, Gulf Oil, U. S. Steel, Newton Steel. Late last week, when Washington's official silence was broken with promise of the tax reduction, then of an industrial conference, Hoover joined the ranks of heroes. No mere bullish oratory, this statement meant Prosperity was expected to remain, meant bigger corporate earnings and dividends, more spending and employing by the rich...
...Bigger than any of these is the flying boat which Germany's Edmund Rumpler says he is designing. It is to have 10 motors with 10,000 h. p. capacity, accommodations for 135 passengers and 35 crew...
Whatever may be the official attitude it is encouraging that there should be a strong undergraduate feeling against this spirit of "bigger and better anything". With such an attitude of the greatest good for the greatest number, it is quite probable that the minor sports, instead of becoming crushed by the more spectacular major athletics, will be afforded a well deserved opportunity to expand...