Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...course I am not narrow enough to expect half of your excellent space to be devoted to this because I have the honor of being a minister and the privilege of being a subscriber but you might invite a larger ministerial clientele and at the same time better clarify the moral tone of the public in general...
During the past week 224 men contributed $6,162.37. This is a larger amount than that of the previous week, but the number of contributors is slightly smaller...
...sale of tickets to date for the annual Phillips Brooks House Class Day Spread on June 22 has been such as to lead officials of the Phillips Brooks House to expect a record attendance. Last year more than 400 guests were present but a larger total is to be provided for this year...
When another, Dr. J. Frank Norris of Fort Worth, Texas, a stanch American, cried, "we want Rockefeller to keep his bloody money," the Bible Unionists applauded. Yet in the larger convention the vote was cast and for the next twelvemonth Mr. Rockefeller and the other modernists may pass their way before the contemning eyes of the fundamentalists...
Harvard holds undisputed claim to the title of the most noted institution of higher learning in the western hemisphere. There are several American universities larger than Harvard: many have finer campuses, nobler buildings. But none has so stately a record of academic achievements. Sectional pride and academic allegiance often challenge Harvard's claim to preeminence, but it is to be found that foreigners, requested to name the leading university in the United States, nearly always reply with "Harvard...