Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.'s sale of $75,000,000 of bonds through Kuhn, Loeb & Co., again brought that investment house into close touch with the larger U. S. iron & steel companies. Five years ago they tried to accomplish a merger of these six concerns...
Other Plans. The North German Lloyd Line is building two liners at Bremen, intended to be the fastest ships afloat. The French Line contemplates a ship larger than its 43,500-ton Ile de France; and the Italian Line is seriously thinking of two of nearly like size...
This year there will be more poke-checking and less body checking. One of the new rules legalizes forward passing out as far as the 60 foot mark provided a player is in his own zone. Another provision and one which will make possible larger scores than before cuts down the goal guard's padding. Formerly a lucky goal guard could stop many passes with but little effort because of his bulk, most of which was padding...
...larger cities, the old man with the rope has been replaced by a rude whippersnapper in striped pants & buttons. In certain office buildings, he lounges against a lever, hurtling the passengers toward the floor which they desire to reach...
With over 90 Freshmen signed up for winter track, a larger number than has ever before come out for this sport, and with regular University practice beginning Monday, the winter track season is getting under...