Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people were--or would be--thinking similar thoughts about the afternoon's events. For the meeting of McNamara and his critics on Mill St. was not an ordinary occurrence for Harvard. It resembled no other political protest in the College's recent history. Previous demonstrations had been mild in comparison. The most memorable, perhaps, was George Wallace's visit to Cambridge in the fall of 1963. It provoked a large demonstration on Cambridge Common and picketing around Sanders Theatre. All that happened then, however, was that someone let the air out of the tires of Wallace's car. And when...
...Individuals did 63% of Amex trading (as against 49% on the N.Y.S.E.) and members 26% (v. 20%). >Nearly 40% of the shares bought by the public were for long-term (six months or more) investment; only 23½% were for such speculative purposes as resale within a month. By comparison, 59% of shares on the New York Exchange were bought for long-term holding, only 11% for quick resale. > 86% of Amex buyers had incomes of $10,000 a year or more while 84% of N.Y.S.E. stock buyers fell in that bracket...
...past year. I strongly concur in General Marshall's statements. However, not all the Viet Nam correspondents are that bad. Fact stories that are not bloody or sensational just don't sell. A major portion of the Viet Nam news failure lies with editors at home. A comparison of the extent and depth of news coverage of Luci Johnson's wedding or Senator Robert Kennedy's every move with that afforded the war effort really makes me wonder...
Before Nureyev defected to England, the Royal Ballet's lead was David Blair, and in one scene the two men dance together. The comparison is as illumiinating as it is cruel. Because he plays Mercutio, poor Blair has to keep smiling throughout. Not that Blair is bad. He dances with great control if a little stiffly. Then Nureyev comes along, with calves like artillery shells, and he is about as stiff as a bursting rocket. He doesn't have to leap to be amazing, he just has to move...
...contract with the pro New York Jets. What bugged Terry was that people were forever comparing him with Joe. Since Terry had deliberately patterned himself after Baltimore's Johnny Unitas, the classiest-and probably the quietest-of pro quarterbacks, he wasn't sure that the other comparison was much of a compliment. So the biggest thrill of his high school career was beating Beaver Falls 41-21-scoring a touchdown in the process on an 82-yd. quarterback sneak. The film of that game, forwarded to Notre Dame by a scout, may well have been...