Word: lessers
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Dominated by Mexico, the exhibition had about 246 square feet of Muralists Diego Maria Rivera and José Clemente Orozco alone. There were also many small drawings and lithographs by younger, lesser known Mexicans who revealed at least as much imagination and power of draftsmanship as their elder, more celebrated countrymen. With their elders, they shared modern Mexican art's preoccupation with violence and deformity, both inward and outward...
With Moe Raft, Mike Sachs, and Stinky & Shorty probably peeling potatoes in North Africa, the OH has had to resort to some of the lesser lights of the boards, namely Gawgle Lewis and Max Fuhrman. Those prosaic buffoons assist the 30 glorious girls and 60 people the Old Howard claims it provides subsistence for, in making all kinds physio-dirty...
Under these circumstances, and with a set of questions and expected answers that Professor Merk termed "sophomoric poppycock," the only possible outcome was that each student exercised his sense of humor to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the sense of humor...
...made donations to such causes "to the extent of my ability." Bulk of the estate, estimated at well under $50,000,000 (about a third of what his father left in 1913), went to his two sons, Naval Reserve Commander Junius Spencer Morgan and Lieut. Commander Henry Sturgis Morgan. Lesser bequests included $25,000 apiece to daughters Frances Tracy Pennoyer and Jane Norton Nichols, their husbands Paul and George, and daughters-in-law Louise Converse Morgan and Catherine Adams Morgan; $50,000 apiece to his secretary, John Axten, and Director Belle da Costa Greene of the Pierpont Morgan Library...
Besides, he prefers the lesser orchestras for their eager responsiveness. During the past season he has also directed the symphony orchestras of Seattle, Salt. Lake City, New Orleans and Montreal. A large section of the U.S. concertgoing public has heard Sir Thomas prove beyond question that the first requisite of a fine symphonic performance is not a great orchestra but a conductor of Sir Thomas' own shining ability...