Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many were mourning not only an exceptional figure but an era and a society that was able to produce exceptional figures. Except possibly for De Gaulle, who was of Churchill's own generation, today's rulers seem, in comparison, faceless and mediocre. Churchill was an aristocrat, a brilliant dilettante, a creator in a dozen roles and garbs. He was a specialist in nothing-except courage, imagination, intelligence. He was never afraid to lead, and he knew that a leader must sometimes risk failure and disapproval rather than seek universal acclaim. He had been, as Denis Brogan...
...This whole system is 15 to 20 years behind such states as North Carolina," says one of Florida's critics. But the mere awareness of comparison shows some sensitivity to higher standards. And if Burns, who has said nothing more about campus subversives since the campaign, keeps his promise to be an "Education Governor," Florida's academic growth may some day turn into academic promise...
...unreasonably long time. Majestically I raised my hand for a crescendo, and only when it reached its peak did I recall the national anthem." Returning to his cello, he found it like "a piece of furniture I had never seen before . . . Its import seemed pale in comparison to the reception of my conducting." Disturbed that "the little baton had such an easy victory over my Stradivari," he has resisted the spell of the magic wand ever since...
Yamasaki's 25-ton columns soar 80 ft. The Parthenon's portico rises only 34 ft., and the columns of Paris' Madeleine church climb 65 ft. But Yamasaki winces at the comparison. He prefers to call his colonnade, in congenial fashion, a porch. "When you build something," Yamasaki insists, "you ought to be a good neighbor...
...address began weeks ago, but Johnson is apparently still working overtime on it. He is not expected to repeat any of the themes of the State of the Union speech. As one Washingtonian put it. "He can't afford to miss badly with this one, because of the inevitable comparison with Kennedy...