Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senator Taft is as smart as he thinks he is, he must know that General Eisenhower can get a larger popular vote. If Senator Taft were as patriotic as he should be, he would withdraw in favor of Eisenhower, to make certain a Republican victory in November. Senator Taft should not be allowed to forget that hundreds of thousands of independents eager to vote for Eisenhower do not vote in Republican primaries...
When scientists try to explain the weatherworn, lichen-covered slabs, the activities of past diggers are as much hindrance as help. Inquisitive Roman legionaries made some confusing excavations. One of the larger stones, or Trilithons, is said to have fallen in 1620 when the Duke of Buckingham dug for buried gold. For years a Salisbury hotel kept a heavy hammer for the use of guests who were amateur relic hunters...
When Storey was through testifying, it was 11:30. The judge adjourned the court to the first session, a larger room, and called the defense attorneys together for a conference. After the court reconvened at 1 p.m., Viola said that he had spoken to all the lawyers involved, who asked that their client he allowed to change their please from "not guilty" to "nolo": In other words to let them throw themselves at the mercy of the court. Viola begged the court to accept this plea...
...problem. The Physicist's diagram merely suggested that a right triangle can be formed from 1) the line of centers, 2) a line parallel to the common tangent and running through the center of the smaller circle, and 3) the radius of the larger circle. The length of the tangent can then be found by applying the Pythagorean Theorem. "This," concluded the great man, "gives the solution." Then he signed his initials-A.E., for Albert Einstein...
...order to enable the section men to correct the longer papers, sections will be made "somewhat smaller." A larger number of instructors than are now doing so will be teaching or tutoring part time in other courses, principally within the G.E. program...