Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Naturally if I didn't think my melodic line was stronger, "better," had more guts than the general ruck of music I wd. have burnt the mss. instead of instigating its performance...
...Despite his expressed desire to spend the day quietly in his little Alpine cottage near Berchtesgaden he could not avoid the attentions of his delirious followers. They roused him with flowers, they roused him with telegrams, bottles of wine, boxes of cigars (Chancellor Hitler does not smoke, drinks nothing stronger than beer), Easter eggs, Westphalian hams, lumps of sugar for his police dogs. Back in the Chancellery in Berlin the presents came in by the carload. Sofa cushions were the most popular, there were over 1,000 of them; also clocks, books, pictures, rugs, clothes, a birthday cake weighing...
...increasing emphasis on Inter-House athletics, as indicated by the recent decision permitting men on probation to compete, has created a demand even stronger than before for the extension of permission to past letter men and those on the Varsity. While the authorities have endeavored to insure everyone the opportunity of competing in intramural sports, they have to some extent overlooked the fact that a keener rivalry would induce even more men to participate; a reorganization is in this respect necessary...
...Eastern Intercollegiate League leadership will play its first home game of the season this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Soldiers Field. The Harvard Alumni team, composed of men prominent in Harvard baseball in recent years will provide the opposition and A. G. Whitney, manager, believes he has a stronger team than was the case a year ago when the Varsity...
...American people go to no trouble to inform themselves. We must place under their eyes some simple truths. ... An American may honestly ruin his best friend just to prove he is the stronger, then offer him his hand and help him to arise. Friendship has nothing to do with business. . . . The American people are ignorant of their own history. They must not be expected to know French history...