Word: lighter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...compelled U.S. farmers to look for manpower substitutes, is mothering some amazing new farm machines. So says FORTUNE for September in a survey of new farm machinery that may revolutionize U.S. postwar agriculture. Some of FORTUNE'S findings: > An enclosed tractor cab with self-starter, heater, cigar lighter, windshield wiper and radio. The manufacturer now plans to air-condition the cab, so that a farmer may "spread manure on frozen January fields while listening to the Aladdin Lamp program in a cab set at a steady 72°, or ride through 130° Kansas heat without raising a drop...
...tanks, 875 guns, 2,521 machine guns, 325 supply dumps. Not listed in the communiqués, but of great value to the Soviet Union, was the recovery of the direct rail link between Moscow, Tula, Orel, Kursk and Belgorod. Russian losses were heavy, too, but relatively lighter than in previous summer campaigns, especially as they were incurred in a successful advance...
...hall has accommodations for 113 men, and is solidly built. The medieval aspect of the architecture is typical of the building, which is dark and dreary. The basement is a veritable labryinth of dark hallways, and the upstairs halls are little lighter...
...orchestra's ambitious attempt to perform Schubort's 5th Symphony with only 19 pieces was highly successful, the lighter tone making the texture clearer than in the more usual large-orchestra version. Mr. Zighera controlled the dynamics masterfully and the individual players handed the theme back and forth with a team-work essential to a small ensemble. There were not enough violins, however, to balance the rest of the orchestra, as their enunciation of themes was occasionally smothered by the other instruments...
Many a boss had carefully explained it all: 20% (after exemptions) would be taken out of every worker's pay, come the first week of July. U.S. workers had nodded understandingly, had signed the tax deduction certificates with only routine grumbles. But when pay envelopes actually showed up-lighter by some one-fifth -groans rose all over...