Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...glumly, 263 Tories trooped into the voting lobby, trailed by one Socialist. Four pacifist Socialists made their lonely way to the other lobby to vote no; the rest of the Laborites kept their places. Attlee sat slumped on the front bench, doodling and looking unhappy. He had prevented a larger rebellion in Labor's ranks, but had left his party in the craven position of refusing to vote for agreements it had publicly supported...
...usual all-out praise from Manhattan critics. The New York Times's Howard Devree went so far as to write that "the figures stand or sit or lie like members of some ancient race of prototypes of man, self-contained and with vision that goes out over larger areas of experience than those of mortals, and with a kind of wintry" courage that is not mere passive resignation. Moore's rhythms are those of earth itself." Noninitiates might retort that Moore's sculptures look more subhuman than superhuman. Granting its plastic power-its dramatic impact...
...guys, savings and loan men spend upwards of $20 million a year on advertising-far more, proportionately, than the $45 million or so spent by banks, whose assets are seven times larger. A number of savings and loan associations offer many traditional banking services, including safe-deposit boxes, travelers' checks and money orders. They also have gifts for new investors, offer special lures for children. Last year 300 associations were using the services of Hopalong Cassidy to promote savings among moppets. But the biggest lure of all is the interest paid on savings. The average savings and loan dividend...
...years have changed Eddie Noonan. His hair is turning white and he has grown considerably larger, but his three great interests--sports, medicine, and athletes--have never changed. Richie Dwyer has called him "Harvard itself." Perhaps he is right, for Eddie Noonan is many things to many...
This softened ruling comes as a special feature of the Yale weekend. Houses still require that students notify the House office if they plan parties larger than six, however. Normally, the parietal rules require undergraduates to re-sign the register every time they take women to a new room...