Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York Times's Columnist Arthur Krock: Since many of the reasons given by Senators as outweighing [Strauss's] extraordinary achievements were captious, plainly contrived, palpably the result of political or personal pressure or vindictive, it is not inconceivable the American people will produce a much larger majority for Strauss than the Senate produced against...
...time of the confederation of the provinces in 1867, Canada was largely self-governing, though still under London's Colonial Office. With the dawn of the 20th century the larger white British colonies became dominions, and in 1917 an Imperial War Conference passed a resolution calling for "full recognition of the Dominions as autonomous nations." Canada tried its fledgling national wings by joining the League of Nations...
...over the Indian Ocean, Pentagon officials told the committee, could theoretically disrupt radio communications in Moscow, some 7,000 miles away. Similarly, a blast set off high over the tip of South America could interfere with communications in the Washington area. But to make such interference effective, bombs much larger than Project Argus' relatively small 1.5 kiloton bombs would be required...
...really want to live the emotional life of a young man? Wouldn't he be wiser to act his age and somehow find his peace? In the happy-unhappy ending, the victim-hero of the drama accepts at life's hands the lesser evil, the larger hope...
...paying the fattest executive bonuses of any U.S. corporation. Last year Bethlehem's President Arthur Homer received $100,000 in salary, plus $411,249 in bonus, making him the highest-paid U.S. corporate executive. For years many Bethlehem vice presidents have been paid more than presidents of larger companies. Last week Homer and the 19 other Bethlehem executives who share in the company's lush incentive plan took a drastic pay cut. As a result of a suit brought by seven minority stockholders, who complained that Bethlehem's brass is overpaid, the company proposed a new salary...