Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worry warts said Dizzy Trout's' strong right arm was overworked, the record (24-10) had a pennant-winning look about it. And Lefty Hal Newhouser had just become the major leagues' first 25-game winner in five years. In Sunday's double-header two lesser lights had pitched the Tigers into a clear-cut lead for the first time this year...
Braid and Brains. For their second Quebec conference, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were each accompanied by his country's general staff. Their top diplomatic aides were believed en route. And the number of lesser lights and technical experts ran into the hundreds, enough to fill the Chateau Frontenac's 800 rooms. No less than 300 WACs were detailed for clerical work. Both Winston
...Government had committed itself to a Navy of at least 9,000 men after the war. Minister Macdonald himself thought a force of 15,000 would be "more likely ... [to] satisfy Canadians," hoped the nation would keep two cruisers, two carriers and eight destroyers in postwar fighting trim, with lesser craft to match...
...puzzler, Johnston admitted. He argued that of the two possible ways of meeting the costs (out of general revenues or from payroll taxes), the payroll taxes are the lesser evil. But he recommended that increase in the rate of such taxes should be imposed slowly and spread over a period of time...
...Lesser parts are competently, though not brilliantly performed. James Monks, of "The Eve of Saint Mark," does the best job of the minor players as Cassio, another victim of Iago's treachery. Uta Hagen is a very frail and very dainty, but also a very spiritless Desdemona. Margaret Webster, who directed the present revival, plays Emilia, Iago's wife, completely straight. She adds not one touch of her own which would let the audience know whether she is working for or against her villainous mate...