Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even Borkum-Riff's blatant sexism paled in comparison with that of Chris Schenkel, who ABC had announcing the figure skating and ice dancing events. Schenkel commented on the great Soviet skater Irina Rodnina: "Look at the ice shavings in her beautiful black hair." Or after the skating expert calls the skaters "Powerful! These people are powerhouses!", Schenkel says, "She's the cutest thing you'll see. Not too long ago, she was a tiny little thing, but now she's grown up and is a match for her partner...
...spend as much of their own money as they want also raised the possibility that wealthy politicians running for the House or Senate-none of whom are eligible for federal matching funds-might try to get up enough money around the dinner table to buy an election. In comparison with presidential campaigns, such races are relatively cheap. But analysts have found that in the past only a small proportion of congressional candidates ever exceeded the spending limits that were established in the 1974 law and declared unconstitutional last week. For example, in 1974, only 17 of the 65 major-party...
...President opposes, that 389% increase will become effective this year. For a monthly magazine like the Atlantic, the comparable rate increases would be 100% and 270%. For a typical weekly newspaper, the percentages of increase are 140% and 680%. By any index of prices, such hikes cry out for comparison to those that the OPEC cartel has imposed upon...
...other day Wilson said that he did not know that much about Spencer, but he cautioned against a comparison of Spencer's unscientific synthesis with his heavily-researched synthesis of Sociobiology. Spencer, Wilson says, had a much narrower base of study, while Sociobiology is the recent work of thousands of investigators. "Sociobiology really is a scientific discipline and not a view of nature," he says, while Spencer set out to find a scientific order justifying the state of his society. Wilson says his own synthesis is both objective and dispassionate. "Spencer gave an explanation of a splendid Victorian world," Wilson...
Although Berman has not played enough for fair comparison with Gilels and Richter, one wonders if either could present a better recital...