Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thoroughly professional journalist, he has a special talent for sizing up his man in his lead paragraph. His cover story on former Speaker of the House Joe Martin (TIME, Nov. 18, 1946) began: "About all that little Joe ever did was brush the flies off the horses' big rumps while his old man did the shoeing. Little Joe never actually worked at his father's trade. But he grew up to have his old man's squat build. And in the politician's trade, which Joe Martin took up, he worked in the manner...
...speedy end of the 31-day steel strike in the rest of the industry seemed inevitable. Other big steelmakers-Jones & Laughlin, Republic, Youngstown Sheet & Tube-were ready to follow Bethlehem's lead. The little steel companies had little chance once the chink appeared in the industry's front, were almost sure to sign with the Steelworkers and get their blast furnaces and open hearths roaring again. U.S. Steel, the kingpin, could hardly afford to hold out longer with Bethlehem gone from the struggle...
...four 22-minute quarters and one five-minute overtime period, both Crimson and Nassau passed the ball around beautifully, but neither could score. Then, at 0.33 of the second and final overtime period, center forward Vern Drehmel charged in to score the big Harvard goal. The ball had bounced off inside right Jon Spivak's chest after Bill Harrop had tried a free kick...
Lamont Library just won't make an impression on the ambling Princeton invader should he chance to explore the Yard. The men from Nassau town are used to this sort of glorified bookshelf; they've got one three times as big themselves--and just...
...failure of the recession to lower appreciably the major expenses added to college and university problems. Although a few such items as food cost Harvard a bit less, wages and salaries continued to rise. The individual increases were small but of big overall importance, for wages and salaries are 60 per cent of the University's total outlay...