Word: larger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communist-led Huks are making ever larger areas unsafe for civilian travel...
...outboard-powered pirogue on a calm day and never came back. Four days later two other fishermen went out in their boat and also failed to return. The last to report their boat was a fisherman who said he saw them hove to about 10 at night with a larger craft alongside. Then a man's body, bound and strapped to a 98-lb. chunk of iron, washed ashore in the Trinidad Yacht Club's bay. The victim was identified as Philbert Peyson, member of an organized gang of burglars, holdup men-and possibly pirates. There was reason...
Despite the technical and particularistic nature of this work, a few of the essays--or lectures--do have a larger significance. Of particular interest is the point of view maintained by Provost Buck and Radcliffe's President Jordan that far from being in conflict, teaching and research are necessary complements. As Buck puts it, "Research keeps a subject alive. It rejuvenates the researcher." And Jordan continues, "It may even be suggested that a college teacher must continue with his research and writing, though perhaps at a modest pace, if the wellsprings of his inspiration as a teacher...
...many a Senator contends that the step-up in contributions is not needed, and that larger pensions could be paid out of current Social Security receipts. The Federal Government is now taking in $3 for every $1 it pays out in benefits. It has already built up a reserve (in Treasury certificates) of $12 billion. While outgo from Social Security contributions would rise as the U.S. population gets older, the contributiosn would rise much faster under the new bill. By 1990, according to Congress' own estimates, the reserves would be more than $90 billion, while outgo in that year...
...rather ominous news. A Viking rocket (body by Glenn L. Martin Co. propulsion by Reaction Motors, Inc.) had been launched from its deck to an altitude of 106.4 miles. This is only a few miles short of the record for single-stage rockets (114 mi.) made by the larger German...