Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another way, the worker in the earlier period had to work one hour and 35 minutes to buy a dozen eggs; for the same eggs now he spends twelve minutes on the job. A man's suit, which cost him 75 hours of labor then, calls for fewer than 20 hours...
Figures can also be painful reminders of the things that U.S. society has not achieved. Who can calculate the square miles of slums that beg renovation or the poverty that remains a blight on the industrial society? No fewer than 30 million Americans make up families that earn less than $3,000 per year-the figure set by the Government as the poverty level...
Besides bringing winners $10,000 in cash and more prestige than any other U.S. medical citation, the Albert Lasker awards have proved to be a reliable lens for focusing international recognition. In the 21 years since Millionaire Adman Lasker founded the annual prize, no fewer than 17 recipients have gone on to receive Nobel awards. The Lasker laurels also honor practical achievement, as well as theoretical research. Of the 1967 winners announced last week in Manhattan, for example, one has virtually eliminated the threat of a killing disease in several Asian nations in the past dozen years; the other...
Most of the Harvard Houses have still taken no formal action on the Advisory Council. The Faculty-Administration contingent--which would include up to 20 members, one fewer than the already-announced 21-member student majority--will be announced by President Pusey when the list of names is complete, probably within a week...
...Boston rain and wind grew more intense, fewer and fewer people were coming to the polling place. This gave the writer-turned-poll worker more cause to worry about his candidate's chances but also more time to talk. "Right now, the two most exciting cities in North America are Toronto and Montreal. Both are vibrant; they're filled with young creative and intelligent people. They're stimulating cities in which to live--ideas get tossed around; ideas get tried...