Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Poles. The Polish Government has a wide reputation for being reactionary, antiSemitic, utterly unreasonable in its dealings with other powers. This impression is unfair. By comparison with its predecessors, the Polish Government to day is more liberal than any in Polish history. The majority of its members are by no means Fascist-minded, or even reactionary in the non-Fascist sense. By & large, its officials represent a combination of Polish conservative and liberal forces, stanchly combined to preserve a strong and independent Poland between Germany and Russia...
There was a sufficiency of food and in certain cases, almost an over sufficiency of liquid refreshment. I was sincerely surprised at the abundance of talent that sprang up that evening of December 10. It was generally said that in comparison to our Hubert Hufferd that "The Voice" Sinatra is in the bush-leagues. He has not only the proper treble and volumes, but our boy has ENDURANCE. There are very few people who can stand at the "mike" and sing for a period of an hour or so without stopping for a breath...
Britain's contingent was even bigger. China's delegation was small by comparison: ten officers headed by General Shang Cheng, Director of Foreign Affairs of the National Military Council; Chiang Kai-shek acted only as head of his political mission, consulting with Roosevelt and Churchill on general questions but attending none of the military discussions...
...that trinity you will have two partners of immense power and resources-Russia and America-and you will have this island, the heart of the Empire and of the Commonwealth, weak in her European resources in comparison with the vast resources of the other two. An unequal partnership, I am afraid...
Baldwin's serious charge: the Bureau of Ordnance is clogged by inertia and inefficiency, specifically in the development of naval mines and torpedoes; the Navy itself countenances inefficiency in high ranks, has done nothing to rid its command of deadwood. His invidious comparison: the Army...