Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this Congress been, as Lyndon Johnson claims, "the greatest in American history"? Certainly not in comparison with the First, which from the hazy outlines of the Constitution devised the working design of government that has guided the U.S. ever since. On the other hand, the needs of American society-if not the nature of Congress-have been transformed almost beyond recognition since then. Judged not only by the volume of legislation passed-which is unparalleled-but also by its direction, diversity and ultimate impact, the 89th may well rank in history's view as one of the most effective...
...know about this. You put your money in taxes, and this is what we do with it." Though he is trim and tanned and tips the scales at precisely the same weight-185 Ibs.-as Reagan, the Governor impresses many young voters as a somewhat befuddled fogy by comparison with his opponent...
...that. Although he did not run particularly strong in the city (city liberals were, as usual, busy being finicky and discovering all the hidden virtues of the Republican candidate), he undercut Keating by actually carrying Upstate New York and losing the suburban counties by only 25,000 votes. By comparison, President Kennedy lost Upstate by 400,000 and the suburban counties by 150,000 in 1960. The Kennedy block apparently had little affection for Keating or other Republicans who seemed to spend most of their time running after city liberal votes. And so, when a sufficiently attractive Democrat came along...
Amherst may seem like small-time opposition, and of course the Lord Jeffs, along with Williams and Wesleyan, are dubbed the Little Three in comparison with Harvard (and two other Ivy League schools). But there is nothing little about the way they play soccer: Wesleyan beat Ivy League champion Brown this week, 1-0, and Amherst has won three of its last five games with the Crimson...
...service ties the camp to downtown An Khe and the airfield. By comparison with Stateside bases, the Air Cav's lO-sq.-mi. complex is small. "But then," notes one officer wryly, "you don't need a training area here...