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Word: merrier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spite of the fact that "Boston University has recently started such a program." There is no harm in having two Institutes of this sort in this part of the country, for this is one area of study to which one can easily apply the saying "the more the merrier." Furthermore, I believe that Harvard is basically better equipped, if you will, than most universities in this country to undertake the study of African affairs in a manner commensurate with the task involved in finding a solution to Africa's problems. I can assure you that a more specific and systematic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AFRICAN STUDIES | 2/25/1955 | See Source »

...Vienna soloists conducted by Jascha Horenstein; Vox, 2 LPs). The Vanguard set of these masterpieces is played more cohesively and soulfully, particularly in such spots as the dissonant slow movement in Concerto No. 1. Vox's interpretations are more rugged and, in the low-toned No. 6, merrier. Standout performer: the Vanguard trumpeter, who tootles his sky-high part in No. 2 with insolent ease. Vox says it used a "clarino" for the part, which sounds more like a clarinet than a trumpet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jan. 17, 1955 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

This cheerful excuse for a plot is taken seriously by neither Sholom Aleichem nor his characters. What matters is the vivid parade of penniless producers, starving actors, shrewd sharpers and keen-witted kibitzers who rollick through the book. This volatile world often seems like something out of the merrier parts of Dickens: a director with three wives, a sentimental actress always in search of a husband, and harmless scoundrels who are never happier than when plotting to steal each other's prima donnas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lost World | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

...keep calling to ask what they can do for Ike. All sorts of clubs have sprung up. We wish they would work through this office, but it's like trying to control a ratrace. We really can't object to all the excitement, though. In fact, the more the merrier--it's a good sign...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: Headquarters: I | 2/7/1952 | See Source »

...more the merrier," says Margarita...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Footballers Report | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

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