Word: narrower
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were some Georgians who still insisted that Hummon might prove to be a better governor than his father before him. It was an extremely modest and narrow ambition, but no one yet knew whether Hummon aspired...
...Defense be given absolute authority over a reorganized department in which the three service secretaries would be directly responsible to him; he would have the same power in financial decisions. The commission wants to see the National Military Establishment "reconditioned under firm civilian control, putting national security over narrow service interests...
...took four days for trucks to bring help over the narrow road which is Sondondo's only link to the world outside. Government agents took one look, decided that it was useless to try to recover the dead. Instead, they suggested that the Sondondinos leave their ancient home for a safer place. Scoffed one old survivor: "These men from the coast make me laugh. They talk as if this were our first ayapana. We have had them since God knows when...
...tired Radcliffe teams came home from Providence last night after losing to Pembroke in both bowling and badminton by narrow margins. Pembroke took three out of five badminton matches and totaled only eight points more than the Annex at bowling...
...latest victims in a traffic that has made the southeastern U.S., and Florida in particular, the center of the U.S.'s newest and busiest smuggling operation. Since 1939, more than 150,000 of Europe's homeless refugees have poured into Cuba, nursing hopes of hurdling the narrow barrier between them and the land of opportunity. More than 4,000 were turned back last year, as they tried to enter the U.S. illegally through the ports and coastline of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. For smugglers, they had proved a treasure trove of desperation...