Word: greater
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Ministerial Association of Greater Cincinnati urged employers "to place first in their plans for yuletide parties the rightful emphasis upon the religious significance of the holiday." And the Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph-Register editorialized: "Unfortunately, in too many instances the [Christmas] parties serve only to show that both the boss and his office staff can be somewhat less than human when they let down their hair. Instead of raising office morale, such parties tend to lower office morals...
Since each member scored once, the Crimson line of Colt, Bray, and Wood seemed the superior on offense, while the Patton, Clasby, Horween combination shone on defense. Individually outstanding were Melrose's Bobby Marsolats, rated last year as one of the stronger players in the Greater Boston League, and the home team's rugged defenseman Jeff Coolidge...
...lacks a good solid tragedy. There is no hit such as Streetecar, Death of a Salesman, Cocktall Party, or Madwoman of Chalilot. Among the new plays, Christopher Fry's poetic drama The Lady's Not for Burning is probably the most successful. John Glolgnd and Pamela Brown carry the greater part of the notion and do so admirably...
Pogo, which now pays Kelly about $25,000 a year, has so far turned away from the blandishments of toy manufacturers, book publishers, etc. Pogo and his pals have no greater ambition than Horrors Greeley, the freckled cow, who meanders westward as she sings: "Oh, give me a home 'tween Buffalo an' Rome, where the beer in the cantaloupe...
With key metals and other raw materials in short supply, some Britons warned that their industry would be crippled within six months. Actually, cutbacks in raw materials were no greater in Britain than those ordered for the U.S. But austere Britain had virtually no fat it could trim off its civilian economy. Shortages cut directly into defense production, sent prices skyrocketing...