Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eisenhower's surge survived his defeat in some of the larger cities, and seemed likely to carry probably all of the 14 delegates to the Republican National Convention running for him. Likewise, Kefauver will probably receive eight candidates to the Democratic Convention...
Surprisingly, Eisenhower appeared more appealing to rural voters than to those in the larger cities. Taft, to the contrary, received little strength from rural areas, traditionally regarded as more conservative...
Eisenhower held his early lead until the larger cities were tabulated. Then Taft went far into the lead. When the city of Manchester, New Hampshire's largest, counted, Taft picked up almost 800 votes to go ahead of Eisenhower...
Throughout the counting, Kefauver held a consistent lead over Truman. First reporting counties gave Kefauver six votes to Truman's five. Even with the larger cities. Truman was unable to pick up enough votes to overrun Kefauver...
...Form 1040. We have come to dedicate a large portion of our income to a final resting place with those men who here spend their lives that they may spend our money. It is altogether anguish and torture that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot evade, we cannot cheat, we cannot underestimate this tax. The collectors, clever and sly, who compute here, have gone far beyond our poor power to add and subtract...