Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Upperclassmen can look forward to fewer midterm grades and a minimum of seating lists next fall, thanks to a Faculty vote Tuesday revoking two 1943 rulings and returning to pre-war regulations...
...With fewer than half the 921-girl student body voting yesterday afternoon, balloting on the issues raised at the meeting has been extended to span vacation week. Final votes will be gathered during the week of April 5, and official results will be released before April 10. A majority of the entire college must vote for any proposition to pass...
...fewer than five clubs had gone in for a touch of Minsky. In place of swing bands they had installed knockabout comedians in baggy pants, and strip-teasers in net brassieres. The town hadn't seen so many strippers since 1942, when Fiorello LaGuardia sent them packing...
There was little jazz left on 52nd Street. Even the customers had changed. There were fewer crew haircuts, pipes and sports jackets; more bald spots, cigars and paunches. Said an old swing musician : "It was a pretty rugged street to start off with and you couldn't hurt it much. But it's lost its charm...
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that K-F's 4,000 dealers had about 20,000 cars in their showrooms, compared to fewer than 8,000 last November. They were not oversupplied if sales, which have been lagging, should pick up in the spring. But some dealers were already selling cars for less than list prices...