Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...must remember, all the time, that everyone in the United States who buys bonds is doing something to help, but still he is doing but very little in comparison with the men who are giving all their time and offering their lives to win this war. It is only right, therefore, that you do all within your utmost power to give aid to the Government by subscribing to this loan...
...increase in these figures for 1916-17 was to be expected, since in the previous year the use of the Library was diminished during the process of removal in the summer, while the stalls of the stack were not properly equipped for use until February. A comparison month by month between the two years shows a marked increase during the fall and winter months of 1916-17 as compared with the same months of 1915-16, but from April on, with the more active interest in military affairs there was a distinct dropping off in all figures even
...lent, or paid in the form of taxes, to the Government. Congress has appropriated unstintingly for every object calculated to assist in the prosecution of the war; nearly twenty billion dollars has been alloted to the various executive departments for their use during the current fiscal year. Yet in comparison with this unparalleled out-pouring of funds, the results have been small. Without in any way minimizing the magnitude of our war achievements, it is conservative to say that they have been incommensurate with the money available for their attainment...
...reason why sufficient funds to arrange games with outside colleges or service teams should not be provided. The only requirement for organizing a team in any sport is that enough men show an interest. In fact, minor sports are considered by the Athletic Committee as important in comparison to major sports, as they were before...
...Lord of the Admiralty. "Despite glowing reports in the American press, and great as the effort of that country doubtless is, there is no doubt a considerable time must elapse before the desired output is obtained." But so far is he from intending disparagement of the United States in comparison with the United Kingdom that he says in the latter there has been a serious drop in the rate of ship production, that owing to labor unrest and strike difficulties the men in the yards are not working as if the life of the country depended on their exertions...