Word: comparison
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...naming “preferred lenders,” we suggest that they eliminate “preferred lenders” altogether. University officials have proven that they cannot be trusted to act in the best interest of students; therefore, they should instead direct students to third-party loan comparison companies. It is in these companies’ interests to provide impartial comparison data, because they survive by offering quality information, rather than by offering loans directly. If universities pay for loan comparisons while still helping students to navigate the maze of paperwork required for loans, they can fulfill their...
...interested in playing around with one of the central frameworks of American history, which is the idea of sectional conflict, and the idea that slavery was a regional institution rather than a national one,” Hahn said. In what turned out to be a controversial comparison, Hahn likened the communities of African-Americans in the North during the nineteenth century to the Maroons in the West Indies, groups of fugitive slaves during the same time period. “The northern settlements and enclaves, like Maroons, shared a fundamental orientation to the world around them: they were under...
...heavy issues of death and the afterlife are made simple and casual. In “To my soul (2),” Valentine addresses her soul and simply ponders whether or not she will miss it in the next life. Beautifully ending the poem with a comparison of the relationship she once had with her soul to the ordinary but poetic—“coffee grains / brushed across paper . . .”—Valentine leaves the reader floating on her words.Death, the afterlife, and desperation may be dark and weighty issues, but in Valentine?...
...comparison is far-fetched, perhaps offensive. But it speaks to the crux of what is wrong with this town, which is that it derives too much of its culture, its passion, its self-esteem, from a passive intake of the Eucharist of sports. When the Yankees lose, New Yorkers are pissed, but they quickly get over it and realize all the wonderful things about their city that they can actively, energetically participate in. Boston needs to learn that there is life after January, and that while sports are great, they are still only circuses, performed to give...
...really great weekend especially in comparison to last weekend,” said freshman Teddy Himler, the A-division skipper on Sunday. Last week, the division took 17th place at the Sherman Hoyt Trophy...