Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...published. This was designed to reflect "serious thinking at Radcliffe, chiefly in connection with courses, but also in regard to important questions of the day, political, social, and artistic." It contained about two or three essays in each issue, with such titles as "The Concept of Personality," and "A Comparison of the Political Theories of Dante and Machiavelli." Shop only lasted a year; its demise was owed either to a lack of cash or perhaps of serious thinking...
...most glaring Crimson weakness, other than a decided slowness in comparison with the B.C. forwards, was its inability to apply the finisher. At 8:30 of the final period, the varsity had a two-man advantage for 45 seconds and still could not get off a telling shot. Although some of this may be attributed to bruising and skillful defensive work by Eagle captain Joe Jangro and the general adeptness of B. C.'s penalty-killing unit, this reflects, nevertheless, mainly on the Crimson's scoring ability...
...most unfortunate aspect of this performance, however, comes by way of comparison with last year's squad. The 1957 58 sextet also suffered considerably from this defect, but it was filled with such a number of scoring individualists, such as Bobby Cleary, Lyle Guttu, and Bob McVey, that the Crimson could afford to botch a few--or even a good many--scoring chances...
...fifty or a hundred years,'' he says, "the symphonies of Beethoven and even Honegger will seem like endless repetitions." How does he feel about his own work? "I was born," says Constant, "under the sign of Aquarius. Far be it from me to suggest a comparison, but it was Mozart's sign...
...personal level before, is strengthened by the theme and enhanced by his fuller control of the production. Tati's broadside satire of the modern scene is sharp, and cuts particularly deep since in America there don't seem to be even any shabby unsuccessful humanists left for a comparison--everybody is like Hulot's ludicrous in-laws. But you're laughing so much that you don't feel the pain...