Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bishop Lawrence, the guest of honor, emphasized the fact that a few strong leaders could change the whole spirit of a university in three or four years. "The average length of time a student spends in college is three or four years in comparison to 40 or 50 years outside," he said. "A generation in college, then, lasts but four years and most traditions but six or eight. Therefore changes can be easily made by strong leaders in a very short time. This is a most invigorating fact...
...comparison with the extraordinarily careful preparations made by the U. S. the English expedition appears typically casual. They have one plane instead of four, only one or two officers sent ahead, scant Government help for what is purely a private venture. Still MacLaren is a very experienced pilot, his plans have been laid carefully in advance, he has the advantage of a plane which, with its retractible landing wheels, is just as much at home on water as on land...
Although the total number of athletes in Ohio State University far exceeds that at Harvard, a comparison of individual sports affords unexpected information. A total of 133 men reported for University football last fall as against 126 in the western college, while 60 candidates for indoor track at Harvard are enormously outnumbered by the 2237 who engaged in active competition in that sport at Ohio University...
...into society, or what is left of it, but all their doings will only be a sham. You cannot make a silk purse out of a soused mackerel, neither will they command the same respect." Which leaves the reader somewhat in doubt as to the object of the comparison-and the respect. A book quite without guile, absolutely without discretion, for the most part mildly amusing, on some few occasions, penetrating...
...moral thus far to be drawn from the Ruskay episode is twofold: 1) the risks of conducting a bucketshop are small in comparison with its possible profits, and 2) if you are going to steal your customers' money be sure and get several millions at least...