Word: greater
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...infidel gadgets, running water and electric light, in the ancient cities of Mecca and Medina, and to build modern highways along the pilgrim routes which now connect them with the outside world. The innovations should stimulate the pilgrim trade on which both cities depend, which will redound to the greater glory of Ibn Saud, Farouk and Allah...
Made for Each Other (United Artists-David Selznick) starts with a printed announcement on the screen: "Greater New York has a population of 7,434,346, among the least important of whom is. . . ." The camera cuts to a page of the Manhattan Telephone Directory and telescopes down on the name of "John Mason, lawyer." The opening action shot then shows Mason (James Stewart) pausing on his way to work to examine something he is carrying-a cabinet-size photograph of his wife (Carole Lombard...
Although Chicago dentists enthusiastically applauded Dr. Messinger, dentists in Manhattan who soon got wind of the performance roundly denounced it. "Tooth replantation is an archaic, long-abandoned dangerous practice," said the Greater New York Bureau for Dental Information, official spokesman for Manhattan members of the American Dental Association. A replanted tooth is a foreign body, the Bureau warned. Even if sterilized, and even if it stays put, it may cause infection...
Sink-&-Float. If a handful of bird shot mixed with sawdust is thrown into a pail of water, the shot will sink, the sawdust float. Reason: the specific gravity of water is greater than wood's, less than lead's. The flotation method of separating ores from waste, using liquids of higher specific gravity than water, has been used for nearly a century. For over three decades E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has been trying to devise an economical flotation method for separating impurities such as shale and slate from low-grade anthracite coal. For "parting...
Thus, Mr. Ryan's achievements were clearly of much greater importance than merely informing the public of Harvard sports. Consequently, now that has an opportunity to view his accomplishments it becomes plain that--seen in the perspective of recent Harvard history--his services have been invaluable...