Word: comparison
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...didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside, I can tell you. Thank God there were no Kinsleys around wanting to bring the boys home when the going got tough. By comparison, Iraq is a walk in the park. Reg Brissenden Dorset, England...
...didn't go to sleep again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside, I can tell you. Thank God there were no Kinsleys around wanting to bring the boys home when the going got tough. By comparison, Iraq is a walk in the park. Reg Brissenden, Dorset, England...
...with near-unanimous calls on Bush to forswear a pardon in the Libby case. To be sure, Bush has been more stingy about pardons than some recent Presidents. During his eight-year term, Bill Clinton issued 395 pardons and 61 commutations during his presidency. The first President Bush, by comparison, issued only 77 pardons during his four-year term. His son has thus far issued 113 pardons as President. But as governor of Texas, he holds the record for the least number of pardons of any Texas governor since the 1940s (only 17, compared with 70 for his predecessor...
...study isn't a fair comparison because by the end, few women were following any of the diets very strictly, critics argue, although those in the Atkins group came the closest...
...Heisman, the Hobey Baker, and the Naismith all pale in comparison. In last year’s storybook season, one prestigious medal eluded the decorated Harvard fencing team: the Iron Man, the oldest consistently awarded trophy in collegiate history, bestowed upon the top foil squad at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships each winter. At Saturday’s edition in Lawrenceville, N.J., the squad checked off its final to-do item with a men’s foil victory and added wins in the combined men’s and women’s, the women?...