Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stated recently that he will continue rowing as long as weather conditions permit, and as long as the present degree of progress keeps up. He reiterated his former statement that his crews this fall are so far superior to those of last year that there is no basis for comparison...
...Wilbur appended a detailed comparison of the ranges and gun elevations of the two Navies...
...criticism of the Boston Stock Company's performance of "The Gold Diggers" must necessarily begin with a comparison of the acting of Miss Ina Claire and Miss Elsie Hitz, who plays the part of Jerry Lamar in the current presentation. Miss Hitz is capable but by no means up to the standard set by Miss Claire. During the play the interest of the audience shifts from Jerry Lamar to Mabel Munroe, her chorus girl friend, played by Miss Olive Blakeney. One is tempted to forget the rest of the cast and to eulogizo Miss Blakeney...
From unofficial and, even at this date, incomplete reports, the National Association of Manufacturers compiled statistics showing the number of people who voted in the recent national election and giving a comparison with 1920: Votes Cast % of Eligible Voters 1924 30,093,232 52.8% 1920 26,646,273 49.1% Gain...
...rear end. Thus, if one motor ceases functioning, there still remains sufficient power to sustain flight, and there exists no dangerous tendency to slew the airplane violently around-as is the case when there are two motors, one on either wing. Nothing illustrates progress in design so much as comparison. The NC-4, which crossed the Atlantic five years ago, had the same power as the new U.S. Navy boat-four Liberty motors of 400 horsepower each. It weighed 4,000 Ib. more because it lacked metal construction in wings and hull. It had a maximum speed of only...