Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first time that a really trained chorus has worked together over so long a stretch and that such emphasis has been given to the opera as a whole, making it primarily an ensemble rather than a company of individuals. This company serves as a stepping-stone to the larger companies; for many years there has been a crying need for smaller companies, such as this trained at home rather than studying in Europe. As there are no "stars" in the American Opera Company, an artist who is cast for a principal role one night may have a secondary part...
...from being an imposition upon those who are unable to bear it, the larger tuition fee is to be regarded as a long-deferred and necessary measure, one which will enable Harvard to maintain its standards as an educational center...
...Hoover. While the crucial preliminary to his larger affairs was progressing in Ohio, Candidate Hoover got off a train at Key West, Fla. "I will make no active personal campaign," he said, "but will devote myself to my duties as head of the Department of Commerce." Then he had a hook baited, paid out his line and before sunset had caught five fat dolphin, "one of which," remarked an alert news-gatherer, "looked remarkably like Candidate Willis." As a flashing, gamey kingfish was being drawn in on the Hoover line, up swirled a shark and tore the prize away. Some...
...week, was a bill based on the assumption that when certain French oil properties in Mosul are developed the Republic will be able to exist on its own oil. The new bill proposes to assign a "quota" to firms importing foreign oil, restricting them hereafter to a turnover not larger than their average annual import business during the three years prior...
...reformation was as large as his fame for wealth, was after all no better than themselves; mayhap, not even as good. A year and a half ago, Kresge wrote to Senator James Couzens, asking him for a $1,000 contribution to a girl's home. With a larger check, the senator sent Kresge some advice. This was the advice: "I do not know whether you have daughters,* but I do know that if you had any, you would not want to see them working for $7.52 a week [the average wage for girls in Kresge stores, according...