Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reason for the shortage, said the President, was the extraordinary slaughtering in OPA-less July and August to take advantage of zooming prices. "Many of these cattle would normally have been fed to heavier weights," continued ex-cattle feeder Truman, "and come to market during September and October instead of August. Whether price control had been restored or not the glut of meat in summer was bound to mean a shortage in the fall...
Said Coach Harlow amid the cheers of the crowd: "This Tuft's team is bigger than we are, heavier than we are, but these kids will be in there fighting all the way." Backfield Coach Hank Margarita then took over the program and introduced the members of the team who came out one by one and agreed unanimously that tomorrow's game would end in a victory for the Crimson...
...familiar with the evidence presented at Nuremberg as the judges. In viw of this I fail to see by what reason he took it upon himself to decide that the three defendants who were acquited by the Court should have been convicted, and that others should have received heavier sentences than the Court saw fit to give them. We appointed the Court to decide these very questions, and we must now respect its judgment even if we do not like it. Let us not forget that it was the Nazis who did not hesitate to overrule a judge when...
Whether it was completely digested or not, it was obvious to sideline quarterbacks that it was the spice of Harlow coaching that enabled the Crimson to slip by its heavier, more experienced opponents. Even the superb line play of Eddie Davis, Ned Dewey, Chuck Glynn, and Jack Fisher would not have won the ball game without that last-minute trick of inserting southpaw, Tom Gannon, to fake a left end run and fling a pass just over the goal...
Tito's face has changed too: his features, once deeply gullied, have become smoother with well being. His permanent frown has become heavier; the permanent smile on his wide lips has become more cunning, and is now flanked by deeper furrows of cynicism. Even in his guerrilla days, Tito insisted on daily shaves and neat dress. Now, as Yugoslavia's first marshal, he gleefully indulges his fancy for uniforms (his latest number: dress blues with four-inch red trouser stripes, gleaming ebony boots, visored cap with gold braid and a red star, immaculate white doeskin gloves). But sometimes...