Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When, however, the sun is eclipsed by a process which has become tiresome, so often has it been repeated and so simple are its mechanics in comparison with those other events in the history of the stars, then astronomy finds the headlines of every newspaper in the country, then Dr. Shapley is besieged by reporters, and his work and that of his associates is the subject of columns of space. Likewise, the announcement that Harvard will establish a new station in South Africa finds its way into a prominent place in the evening newspapers under the heading. "Harvard Will Have...
Ludwig indeed has laid himself open to comparison with the French author, who with others of various nationalities, was commissioned to write in the vein peculiar to himself and to his nationality a book about "the Elephant." His book appeared as "L'Elephant etc sec3 Amours." Certainly Napoleon's amours form as prominent a feature of Ludwig's biography as any other detail of his private or his public life, though not so prominent as to necessitate a modification of the title in the French manner. But an author is subject to grave charges when he deliberately proportions his treatment...
This formidable combination has swept though all opposition thus far, amassing 34 points to its opponents six. Beside the regular teams scheduled in the amateur league, Boston College was defeated 2-0 and Boston University 5-0. A possible basis of comparison is shown in the scant 1-0 defeat suffered by the Terriers at the hands of the Crimson...
Other famed Washington women who might inscribe illuminating monographs in Paulina Longworth's memory book are: Mrs. James W. Wadsworth Jr., who fought against woman suffrage; Mrs. Harry S. New, amateur cinema exhibitor; Mrs. William E. Borah, mouselike in comparison with her tigercat husband; Mrs. John P. Hill, stylish wife of a swanky husband; Mrs. William Howard Taft, music critic and enthusiast; Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, able cook; Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, wife of a Senator and one-time widow of a Congressman, hence, interested in politics; Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis, who writes poetry; Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, able...
Yale attempted no national comparison of itself with that huge cosmopolite, Columbia University...