Word: previously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Since January 1939, Congress had been in session 94% of the time, against a previous average...
...million more than last year's all-time high. Granted a good soaking rain in the corn belt within a fortnight, corn production would also break records; the Department of Agriculture's estimate last week was 3,487,976,000 bushels, some 250 million better than the previous high...
Health authorities, faced with demands to "DO something," have outdone previous efforts to exorcise the disease. Latest efforts: dusting cities with DDT from planes, draining of swamps and pools, street cleanups...
...backfiring and breakdowns, the complex surplus property machinery of the Foreign Liquidation Commission finally seemed to be running right. This week the FLC, which handles sales abroad, proudly reported that between March 31 and June 30 it had sold over twice as much surplus property as in the previous year of operations. And it had brought in about 30% of the property's original cost, far more than had been hoped for during the FLC's bumbling early days...
Although the slugging of the B.U. squad has kept the Terriers out of hot water during the two previous contests, the Terriers still have a proficient pitcher in "Happy" Harper. Harper has been used in relef roles in both B.U. games performances both times...