Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also have to give them political rights. They understand this when they accept the jobs. They will never be part of our Parliament." In other words, the blacks in the "white homeland" are "residents" from other countries, much like the guest workers in Western Europe (a comparison frequently made...
...throughout the College as being too expensive. Although he placed the cost of this alternative at $15 to $30 million, the Task Force on College Life predicted the price tag at $6 to $10 million. Whatever the cost, the figure, though high in absolute terms, will be low in comparison to the $30 million the University plans to raise for the expanded Soldiers' Field complex. College-wide four-class housing would provide freshmen with the high-quality counseling and tutor contact they miss in the Yard. Rosovsky has failed to give these and other advantages of four-year housing sufficient...
There was only a limited anti-war movement then, especially in comparison to the outrage expressed in the '60s, and if students were fleeing to Canada or opting for jail sentences instead of fighting in Asia, the rest of the campus was not aware of it, he says. The most well-known Cold War reversal, or perhaps awakening, in the Class is probably that of Daniel Ellsberg '52. As a freshman he campaigned for a Progressive Party candidate for Senate. But revelations about Stalinism influenced Ellsberg and other members of the Class. "Radicals were put on the defensive in those...
Candor & Folksiness. These are among the findings of a nationwide telephone survey of 1,036 registered voters conducted in late May for TIME by the opinion-research firm of Yankelovich. Skelly & White Inc. A comparison with a similar TIME survey conducted last March shows that Carter has lost a sprinkling of popularity points in some areas but has registered gains in others. Most notably, voters who feel that Carter is coming to grips with the energy problem increased from...
...recipients. Another was a white-haired man in a plain gray suit who rose in response to President James Bryant Conant's swift and eloquent citation: "An American to whom freedom owes an enduring debt of gratitude, a soldier and statesman whose ability and character brook only one comparison in the history of the nation...