Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thirty weary students, but also space in the rear half for the files, shelves and other paraphernalia necessary for the operation of the delivery system. Such a remodeling would have many beneficial results: a larger delivery desk would speed up operations during rush hours; moving the delivery desk nearer the stacks would permit an additional increase in speed; students would have a great deal more space to sit down, which would decrease the confusion now prevalent in active periods; and finally, the center of activity would be moved away from the reference desks, thereby aiding those intent on consulting...
...night before, he stayed up until 6 o'clock in the morning-he attended a conference. Before coming to him, we went to see the chief of our department; he was sleepy, too, and for the same reason.' " The crop-rotation scheme, Izvestia revealed, is no nearer realization now than it was in the spring, and Sotsialisticheskoe Zemledelie (Socialist Agriculture} gave a ready explanation for the delay: the "enemies of the people" formerly in charge of the Commissariat made a hit-or-miss job out of allotting land to the collective farms. There was no survey, with...
...wheat producer, has been a noncooperating, in & out member of the International Wheat Advisory Committee, has been the principal impediment to world stabilization of wheat 'prices. Mr. Theis's desire to sell wheat to Brazil, a fat Argentine wheat market, was calculated to joggle Argentina one step nearer to cooperation with the international group...
...prefers Franklin Roosevelt's own plans of his Hyde Park "dream house." Some objections to the Krisel plan: the kitchen is too narrow, the pantry at the wrong end, windows badly spaced, partitions awkwardly arranged; and there is no way into the farther bedroom except through the nearer...
Furthermore, it is claimed, cars and trucks bearing hostile signs were allowed to park nearer to the polls than the legal 150 foot limit without interference from the police, and appeals to the constabulary went unheeded...