Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scene of Cassandra's clairvoyance and departure to death ever been equalled? If so, where? Ophelia's mad scene is, by comparison, that of a namby-pamby nitwit. To the great credit of Mr. Arunah Brady be it said that he was able to convey much of its pity and terror. This scene has everything. She is not mad; on the contrary, she is the one person sane. Seeress, she can see the crimes already wreaked under that roof, and foresee the two about to follow, the murder of Agamemnon and of herself. Her speeches begin with little more than...
Krabek reported that the count of coliforms, which constitute a group of bacteria used as an indicator for pollution by human excreta, have been as high as 2400 per 100 milliliters of tea, "iced or otherwise." In comparison, the coliform count of the Charles River is of the order of 20,000/100 mls., while the maximum coliform count of drinking water allowed by Public Health Service standards is one/100...
Hungary's festival pales by comparison with the old days, when Magyar aristocrats would spit on a 100-forint note (worth about $12.50), slap it on a gypsy's forehead, and demand passionate violin-playing until the spittle dried and the note fell off. But all things considered, it is gay enough. At Budapest's Press Ball last week, young men in stovepipe trousers and girls in daringly décolleté dresses performed a writhing twist that onlookers pointed to with a touch of pride as their own "dirty twist." For the monster masked balls that...
Only "Hold on Baby" saves the Twist and Shout album from total intellectual aridity. The song presents a character delineation next to which Hamlet pales by comparison. The speaker implores...
...Georgian Houses "softer more comfortable art forms?" If so, only because we are used to them. Indeed, they have pretty exteriors, but aren't their interiors by comparison harsh, raw, and severe? The outside is so completely different from the inside. There is unity neither of materials or design, compare with the Arts Center. There, glass and concrete serve to unify the inner and outer space...