Word: biggers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Erich knew that some of the bigger boys at school had their own ways of getting bread. They sold it-ten marks for a slice. Usually Erich was unable to pay, but by arguing and promising he got bread on credit. Over a period of weeks, he put himself 160 marks in debt-more than the price of a pack of American cigarets. He thought that he would be able to pay up when he had sold enough of his treasures...
Chief cause of the upsurge was the Department of Agriculture's midseason crop report, even though prospects were described as "surprisingly good." The bumper wheat crop, greatest in U.S. history, looked even bigger than it had a few weeks ago. Now the estimate...
Owen does a bigger volume of trading (about 200,000 horses and mules a year) than anyone else...
Hope for Househunters. The Department of Commerce reported that the value of new building in the first six months of 1947 totaled $5,356,000,000, a whopping 40.1% more in dollar volume than in the same period last year. Increases were even bigger in private residential building (63.2%) and public residential building (75.6%). The Department failed to note that 1) increases in volume were chiefly due to an increase of about 25% in prices, and 2) unitwise, residential building was still 25% below expectations...
...nation's biggest, or even its best. But it has one great advantage: it is small, compact, set off by lagoons and gently rolling lawns, and is easily accessible by foot, bus, trolley and El. Largely because of its location, it consistently outdraws Chicago's bigger, more modern Brookfield Zoo, which lies 13 miles southwest of the Loop. Even when the Cubs are as determinedly in the pennant race as they are this season, Lincoln Park has bigger crowds than Wrigley Field; its 1947 attendance will probably hit 3,000,000-a new high...