Word: larger
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...went on to declare for the principle of the defeated Haugen bill?to this extent aligning himself against the Administration. He said that the proposed board to buy up farm surpluses in this country and sell them abroad to prevent domestic low prices was no larger interference in the business of agriculture than the functions of the Federal Reserve Board are in commerce and industry or of the Interstate Commerce Commission in transportation. He declared that in the long run the scheme would not cost the Treasury a dollar. That stand should be of material aid to him in Iowa...
...ordinary achievement. All about him he notices and intimate group, thinking sympathetically, with much to accomplish. He is given a tiny space in the great room where he will work for several years, and where he finally enters into his own and better is an internal part of the larger group...
...Harvard Club has sent invitations to every man who has attended any department of the University and over 2000 have expressed their desire to be present. This is a larger number than has responded to any Associated Club's invitation outside of Boston or New York. The Chicago Harvard Club has arranged with the Railroad Passenger Association for greatly reduced train rates to those attending the meeting...
Small boxes near the apex of the Delta will hold six to eight persons while the larger ones near the Hall will hold 12 to 16. The table will seat from one to three couples and will be placed in the middle of the Delta. Boxes and tables will be furnished by the Committee. The larger boxes will be occupied as usual by clubs and other organizations...
...when one reads that Ab-El-Krim has ended the French war in Morocco by a nonchalant sort of surrender, one feels that indeed it has been a French war. By far the larger proportion of troops engaged were French; most of the casualties were French; and the victory is French because the Arabs are tired of the game...