Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Larry J. Hopkins (R-Ky.) is the first Republican congressman from Kentucky since the Civil War. "I really don't have any legislation in mind," he said, adding "people want less government, not more...
...York Times, March 24, 1969, Dec. 24, 1969, The Star (Johannesburg), September 1970. Charles Engelhard parlayed an inheritance of $20 million into a $250 million fortune through his control of 15 per cent of the South African gold mining industry. South African gold miners earn on an average less than half the official South African poverty wage level and an average of three miners die per shift...
Variable meal plans require tighter security precautions because they would create an entirely new category of stolen meals. At present, almost all stolen meals occur when a Harvard student tries to obtain a meal for a non-Harvard friend. Under student holding a contract which allows him less than 21 meals per week must be prevented from taking part in meals for which he is not eligible...
Because Harvard purchases in large amounts, it would be able to buy toilet paper at wholesale prices or even less, while individual students must pay inflated Cambridge retail prices. Thus your two dollars buys more when you give it to the University to spend for you. Also, a $2-$4 increase in term bill will lose significance in the face of the seemingly inevitable $500 increases which roll along every year. Additionally, it is much more convenient to procure toilet paper from a House store-room than to have to run to a distant supermarket when one is in need...
TIME says, "The American people had soured on costly government . . ." [Nov. 20]. Right on! TIME could have gone further. We are tired of costly government that gives us less and less. I resent, however, your saying in a "quirky mood," the voters turned conservative. A more accurate statement: the voters got smart and turned conservative...