Word: greater
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...professor of economics and management at M.I.T. and was an adviser to George McGovern during the 1972 presidential campaign. He is the author of one of this year's most provocative books on the economy, The Zero-Sum Society. In it he argues in favor of a greater redistribution of income and wealth in American society. He also supports more Government involvement in planning the development of key economic sectors, especially new technologies...
Despite the frequently contradicted news of the hostages' fate, there were signs of encouragement. A source within the Palestine Liberation Organization, which has been assuming a greater role in the hostage discussions, told TIME: "We can probably look forward to seeing the hostages released as soon as possible. I would not be surprised if they were let go before Reagan became President." In New York, Paul O'Dwyer, the lawyer who represents Iran in its claims against the Shah's wealth, noted that the Iranians have not asked him to arrange for clergymen to visit the hostages...
...process of riding out all the massive changes of the 60s and bringing about a few on their own, the Beatles also trashed an elementary law of geometry: this was one whole that was greater than the sum of its parts. Lennon was unfairly used as a means to put McCartney in his place, although Lennon had taken pains lately to redefine details of his collaboration with Paul, and to make sure credit was distributed accurately. The melodic range of the music ran from marching band to rhythm and blues, from tonal stunt flying to atonal acrobatics, once...
...greater losses than these occurred through indifference and neglect. In ancient Rome, which abounded in male poets from Livius to Virgil, an entire poetic culture was wiped out because the writings of women were not esteemed enough to be copied and preserved. The lone female survivor of the Latin classical period is Sulpicia (1st century B.C.) whose known corpus consists of six poems...
...process, the position of special advisor to the secretary of state on Soviet affairs would be eliminated in favor of a new undersecretary of state with far greater authority and staff resources...