Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...monitors termed the Yardlings a "brilliant group"; fewer stupid questions being asked than usual by confused novitiates...
...about three and a half centuries print-makers had been producing popular-priced prints in unlimited editions. About the middle of the last century a new trend began to emerge, the tendency to make prints more precious and expensive. The artist printed fewer and fewer proofs, limiting the total to from 25 to 100 and then destroyed the plate. And he charged correspondingly more for each proof because they were so few. Furthermore about 65 years ago it became customary for the artist to sign each print in pencil, no doubt to show that he approved of its quality...
...upper tier of Plains States. But, largely because the Drought came later in the season, crop prospects as a whole are brighter than in 1934. Pastures are in worse condition in many sections, but the livestock situation is not nearly so desperate,as two years ago, because there are fewer beasts to feed and water. Spot corn last week sold at $1.37 a bushel in Chicago, a 16-year high, and was actually above the price of wheat (see p. 42). Over 1,000 of the 3,000 counties in the U. S. were now listed as drought emergency areas...
...Hospital Service. With no preparation, he was one of three selected from 30 candidates, lost 20 Ib. during the two-week grilling, got by partially on the strength of his knowledge, partially on his craft. During the oral examinations he learned that the more delays he could introduce the fewer would be the questions. Consequently he stalled, hedged, purposely irritated the examiners to direct their questions to subjects on which he was well-informed. Thereafter his progress was rapid...
...will be on the same footing as any other debenture holder. If Atlas is willing to sell its debentures to the company at a lower price than other holders, Atlas will get its money out, but the position of the other bondholders will be strengthened, because there will be fewer bonds outstanding. On the other hand, if Atlas holds out, other investors will get the cash, Atlas the improved position...