Word: larger
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Though modest Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is content to be styled a Queen, her realm is an Empire in all but name - an Empire three times larger in area and almost as populous as the Empire of Japan...
...calamity becomes oriented in a larger conception only through recognition of the profound changes being undergone in this country by our theory of democracy. The complete absence of a party of opposition, increasing apathy in the ranks of stolid citizenry, the imminent danger of a permanent one-party rule are symptoms of the same sickness as that of which political invective died. Mayor Rogers may rally other joyous wits and fearless spirits to his cause. The future may have an Ariemus Ward, a Josh Billings, a Mr. Dooley yet unborn. It is certainly to be hoped that this is true...
...will take place over the weekend and the results will be announced early next week. The method used will be similar to the one inaugurated three years ago. The essential point in this method is its absolute impartiality. Rooms will be assigned by lot, preference being shown to the larger groups. The rooms available are expected to hold approximately 380 men. The committee will allot rooms in such a manner as to hold the maximum number of applicants...
...Gustavus T. Kirby, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, this association has worked closely with the International Athletic Federation and has become the leader in the United States in the matter of rules of competition. It is not merely an advisory body but an administrative one to which all the larger eastern colleges and such western and middle western institutions as Michigan, California, Stanford, and Southern California belong...
...college should be planned, organized, and conducted for the "A" man, that the student who ranks in other than the top section of the college should be disregarded in the ordering and arranging of his education. The fallacy here is obvious. It is equally so, however, in the larger question of whether the student should express his opinion at all, regardless of his academic qualifications to an opinion. For education is something apart from mere erudition, or age, or title. It is a process. And if anyone is qualified to appraise and value that process it is the person most...