Word: greater
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miami, No. i winter playground of the U. S., attracts 800,000 visitors each year between January and April. Last winter they poured $35,000,000 into the pari-mutuel betting machines at Greater Miami's two racetracks, Hialeah and Tropical Park...
...harder time than he expected getting his latest racetrack in operation. He had to appeal to the State Supreme Court before he could get a permit from the Florida Racing Commission, which felt it was unsound for two tracks to operate at the same time in Greater Miami. After the permit was finally granted, Promoter Smoot decided to pull out. Contractor Horning, by this time infected with Promoter Smoot's enthusiasm, took over the track. He figured there were plenty of horses (2,400) wintering in Miami; he would gamble on getting enough customers to pay to see them...
...appeal by the Greater Boston Community Fund campaign Harvard has responded to the tune of $26,000 according to Stanley C. Salmen, assistant to Jerome D. Greene, secretary of the Corporation and chairman of the University drive...
...would overcrowd facilities. More generally, the House Masters must realize that their most potent contention against both the Junior-Senior Admission and the Associate Plans, that these will destroy House spirit, is woefully invalid. House spirit is ephemeral and amorphous to the point of not deserving consideration when greater human values are at stake...
...Harvard campaign headquarters at Wadsworth House announced that the campaign in the University is way ahead of schedule and progressing nicely despite the apparent lag of contributions to the Greater Boston Fund which has necessitated an extension of the drive...