Word: better
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Williams debaters tied with the Debate Council last night at Leverett House in an argument on the topic "Resolved, That a liberal arts education can better be obtained in a college than a university." The third judge had failed to arrive, and the two present split their votes between the two teams...
Aubrey struck one of his contemporaries as "shiftless . . . roving . . . magotie-headed, and sometimes little better than crazed." Yet his collection of yarns and records is today one of Oxford University's most priceless possessions. Anthony Powell's new biography of Aubrey (the first written in more than a century) shows why. He may not have been a great scholar, but like his contemporary, Sam Pepys, he had a lively...
...Gard, despite his real stature, has not attracted the audience he deserves, is still all but unknown in this country. The Thibaults, considered a modern classic in France, has had no great sale in the U.S. and Jean Barois, published here for the first time, may sell no better. Nonetheless, it is one of the most original novels, in theme and technique, to reach U.S. readers this year...
...Crimson freshmen mile relay won in 3:29.7 seconds better than the varsity...
Williams College will argue with the Debate Council at 8:30 p.m. tonight in the Leverett Junior Common Room as to whether "a university education is better than a college education...