Word: larger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hardheaded Brazilians the excitement was a perfectly understandable prelude to the Presidential election which Brazil is supposed to hold next January. Although Brazil is bigger than the U. S. in area (3,300,000 sq. mi. to 3,027,000) and larger than the United Kingdom in population, presidential politics are the private affair of three kingpin States: Sao Paulo (coffee & cotton), rich, populous Minas Geraes, whose plateaus sparkle with manganese and diamonds, and most of all, in recent years, of cattle-raising, tobacco-growing Rio Grande do Sul (see map). What made big Francisco Flores da Cunha...
...through the early part of the season the Lions, seriously handicapped by the choppy water which kept them off the larger river, were confined to the Harlem. Then came calmer weather and with it a cessation of those short paddles...
Such an enumeration, though considerably larger than the one ordered by the Lord for the Hebrew tribes, would not necessitate a huge expenditure. For the census, if undertaken by the constituted relief authorities, would not cost much more than the extra expense for stationery and cigars for the field force and light wines and beer for the secretariat...
Although there is dispute as to just which is the number one governing board of the college, the fact that the Overseers have absolutely no initiative power seems to relegate them to second place. Also, the Corporation, unlike the larger body, are self-perpetuating; they may elect whom they choose, and members serve until they resign or die. At first this seems too exclusive, but it must be remembered that, with a group of only seven, the board must be friendly and be in the same walk of life to accomplish what they must...
Approximately 200 students form preparatory and high schools in the vicinity of Cambridge gathered here on Saturday to take examinations newly instituted as a prerequisite to scholarship applications submitted to any of the larger eastern universities...