Word: thicker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...type dress, the conservative Times had studied a report on the legibility of printing made six years ago by the Medical Research Council. With this ophthalmic advice in mind, the Times had also tried "to please the reader's eye." Result was a type which is thicker than the old in the main-stems and curves of the letters, has more refined junction strokes. The new type is called "Times New Roman." To harmonize with it was designed a new series of head fonts ("founts" to the Times') called "Modern Oldface." In appearance the paper's type...
Eliot believes that wherever a man may write poetry in English he will eventually become sought after and well-read in all English speaking countries. "Interesting poets are pretty fairly well distributed between America and England," he continued as the library became thicker with the aroma of English tobacco. When asked whether or not he noted anything of especial interest now that he is back in Cambridge, the poet, who is an English subject, replied, "People make interest and I haven't had the chance to meet anyone since my return...
...been stolen from his boat with a pair of canvas shoes and a knife. At just that time he had passed a boat with Penguin painted on its stern. Seeking other Penguins, Prosecutor Blue learned that there are at least ten of them in the waters around New York. Thicker grew the Mystery of Long Island Sound...
...Hurling is Ireland's ancient version of Hockey. Hurling sticks (Hurleys) are shorter and thicker than hockey sticks, with flat bottomed blades as in ice hockey. There are 15 men on a team, seven backs, eight forwards. The field is 140 yards long with a crossbarred goal at each end. A shot over the bar counts 1 point or A of a goal. A goal is a shot beneath the bar. An official game consists of two periods of 30 minutes each. Of hurling says W. P. Clifford, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
...week wore on, the swarms grew thicker. They swept through Mississippi, into Arkansas and Louisiana. Hordes of the stinging females would select a mule or cow, settle on it, ride out its frantic, bucking efforts to escape, and leave it dead. Reports began to come in: 125 mules killed in Coahoma County alone. There two days later were 400 mules and cattle dead. Around Helena, Ark., 500 farm animals expired in the lowlands. More & more deaths were recorded to the southward...