Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were the provisions requiring Freshmen to run errands for upperclassmen and giving to the upperclassmen unlimited right of chastisement in case the mission went askew. But sufficient has been said to show the humblest Yale Freshman who walks the campus that he is monarch of all he surveys in comparison with the lot of his unhappy ancestors
...Political Parties of England and the United States: a Comparison and a Contrast," Professor Elliott. New Lecture Hall Government...
...legal medicine it is occasionally necessary to know just how drunk, or nearly drunk, a person was at the moment of accident or crime. For comparison purposes, Dr. Villedent of Paris has collated a table from French and German research. Conclusions depend on the fact that alcohol quickly permeates the human body and is carried by the blood. In the following table figures are transcalculated to U. S. measurements, for a 150-pound man: ALCOHOL-EFFECT...
...suffered in both great pastimes. He does not point out the likeness of temperament displayed by actresses and by Mile. Lenglen. By Mr. Tilden has made all sorts of court terms apply to the stage so that for a moment he seems to have said something. Continuing the comparison, he comes to the conclusion that there should be a national contest to determine the best actor or actors as well as a national tournament to find the best tennis player...
...Princeton contain a small but obstreperous number of undergraduates and alumni who believe that they can best promote the welfare of their alma mater by deriding her opponents. The greatness of Harvard and Princeton is predicated upon their contribution to the nation's economic, civic and intellectual life. In comparison with many colleges Princeton and Harvard have woefully inferior football teams. Eliot and Wilson have enhanced the prestige of Harvard and Princeton more than the sum total of football and baseball victories put together. This is not a new observation, most Harvard and Princeton undergraduates realize it. Harvard and Princeton...