Word: thicker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wife's literary, artistic circle, disbelieved in her "career," dispossessed her in favor of more responsive women. As long as he had studied mathematics on the sly with his brilliant friend, Abe Parass, he felt some future hope. But now he never saw Abe ; business opportunities were coming thicker ; soon there would be no future. Hugo tried to still his despair with drink and women. Meanwhile his wife had taken a lover. To make Hugo notice, she finally had to tell him; they had a fervid reconciliation, a second honeymoon. Feeling calmer, Hugo then closed up his business, prepared...
...high rock and thrust its great head and neck a full ten feet out of the water and waved it about as if it were getting its bearings. It was some 500 yards away and I could not see the exact shape of its head, but it was much thicker than the body. Then it sank down into the water again and sped away, making a great wash of white foam...
...Fifth Avenue street lights, turned amber for the holiday, winked on as darkness fell. The crowds grew thicker. The ticker-tape and torn paper banked in heaps against the curbs. Governor Lehman went off to make a speech. The other reviewers ordered sandwiches and coffee. By this time the parade should have ended, but thousands were yet to come. George Gordon Battle led the lawyers. Life insurance people, office furniture brokers, telegraph and telephone employes with linemen in truck towers followed. The brewers marched past diabolically illuminated by red flares...
...balls are absolutely identical with the exception of the cover. The centre, the yarn, the winding, is exactly the same for both balls. When, however, the cover is put on, the regular type of cover is furnished for the American League, but for the National League a little thicker horsehide is used which necessitates a heavier thread in sewing. This change was made at the request of the National League several years ago and at that time it was publicly announced. There has never been any secrecy. Every one of these balls is made with infinite care to effect perfect...
...realize the important part the ball plays in the game and having been entrusted for so many years with the manufacture of this ball we have spared no pains to have them uniform in every respect. The slightly thicker cover of the National League ball does tend to make it a trifle less lively but the difference is indeed a small one, as the batting averages show...