Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...absurdity of running the nation's business by a time-table drawn up before there were railroads and highways passable in winter, is not so apparent in the House as in the Senate. When the 71st Congress sits next year, the Republican House majority will be much larger but no more decisive than the margin of twoscore seats on which the Republican 70th Congress operated last session and will resume operating next week. The impropriety of voters being "represented" from December to March by individuals whom they have voted in November to replace, is seldom so glaring...
Accordingly, our expedition is again in the field, this time under the direction of Dr. R. H. Pfeiffer, of the Semitic Department. We had hoped to work this year on a larger scale, but, owing to the necessity of purchasing additional equipment and paying more for salaries, the resources available for labor are somewhat less than those of a year...
...erected by means of a grant from the General Court was completed. In 1846 that building was sold and a building to house the growing Medical School was erected for the Medical Faculty. By 1883 the School had again outgrown its quarters and was moved into a new and larger building on Boylston Street thought suitable at the time for many years...
...however so greatly had the demands upon the school increased both for instruction and for opportunities for research that plans were again drawn up for a Medical School building on a much larger scale than was necessary to meet the immediate need for larger quarters. These plans called for the acquisition of a tract of land sufficiently large to accommodate the proposed buildings and also to afford space for hospitals to be erected and conducted in close association with the School. Over 26 acres were secured situated in the outskirts of Boston bounded by Francis Street, Huntington Avenue and Longwood...
...spite of the promising material which was available both Yale and Dartmouth were slated to have good teams and that there were grounds for over confidence. Although there are six letter men returning he said that no position on the team was certain. He also announced that a larger squad will be retained this year to train them for another year...