Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...surprise when War Office Secretary Douglas Hacking announced that His Majesty's Government are abandoning the U. S.-invented Lewis automatic rifle in favor of the "superior" Czechoslovak-invented Bren submachine gun. This will be made in Britain under a patent agreement as with the Lewis gun. For heavier work the Army will continue to use standard British machine guns turned out by Vickers...
Autumn is the biggest hog-marketing season, with spring next. Summer slaughtering is normally light, and this year the Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates that it will be the lightest in 30 years, perhaps no heavier than in 1902 when only 4,750,000 pigs went to market in the July-September period. Drought and the AAA's restriction program have reduced the number of hogs on corn-belt farms 37% in the past year...
...bottom. She worked until her hands grew limp, until she almost fainted each time she leaned over the scrubbing bucket, until she dropped asleep like someone struck down by a blow, but she could find no peace. A general strike, deeper worries over money, nagging delays and disappointments piled heavier burdens upon her. demoralized the shaken Fury household. There remained one last pain that Peter could cause her to break her heart. She tried to keep him from her estranged son Desmond, fearing Desmond's mockery. The strike threw them together, and Peter fell in love with his brother...
...light, four-mile workout tomorrow. Coach Charlie Whiteside says there will be no further changes and that his men are in fine condition. The squad and its supporters at Red Top are resting neither over-confident or despondent, basing their hopes on their three-pounds-per-man-heavier boat and the final time made Tuesday...
...professional has affected my game in a way I really cannot describe. Perhaps it is a feeling of obligation to the public instead of the old idea of simply hitting the ball. ... I shall do better when I get acquainted with your greens. . . . The sand in these bunkers is heavier and coarser grained than the sort I am accustomed to at home. ... I fancy a heavier niblick might help...