Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citation: "The notable dissents of the first Justice Harlan have become the majority opinions of today. The character of the second Justice Harlan, equally bised on the larger cause of justice, assures us that his opinions will point steadfastly to a better world for us and for our children...
...into an era of strange experimentation. Friends stopping by his studio found him working 48 hours at a stretch, chain-smoking and muttering as he danced and lunged with a penknife before a hardened clay block. Some of his works took on weird, elongated shapes; others were heads little larger than peanuts. Giacometti insists that he did not try to do it that way; it simply happened. "I've never tried to make my figures come out this way," he explained last week, pointing to a tall figure reminiscent of a grotesquely tallowed candle. "There's nothing voluntary...
Died. R. W. ("Dick") Burnett, 57, millionaire oilman, sole owner of the Dallas Eagles of the Texas League (for which he paid a record $500,000 in 1949), named Minor League Executive of the Year in 1953 for his partially successful fight to give the minor leagues a larger voice in making baseball rules; of a heart ailment; in Shreveport...
Bingham wanted to replace them with a larger concrete addition to accommodate the alumni and the increased size of the undergraduate body. But opinion was sharply divided: many were afraid that a larger Stadium would mean professionalize football, while many thought it was the duty of the College to seat the alumni. The Overseers proposed a compromise...
When the flight is over, the Firebee is not lost. At a radio signal (or when something goes wrong mechanically), a small parachute pops out of its tail, dragging a larger parachute. The Firebee floats down slowly enough to land undamaged...