Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bubbling with optimism. In 1998, they think, the U.S. will enjoy a stunning sixth straight year of steady growth, relatively stable prices and low unemployment. Yes, the performance will be less spectacular than this year's--but then 1997 has been a vintage year. By almost any other comparison, 1998 should be more than satisfactory...
Static and Silence may not place The Sundays above comparison, but the album succeeds in changing the basis of that comparison. In fact, many critics are now comparing The Sundays to Van Morrison, who came out of presumed retirement time and time again with finely-crafted mystical masterpieces. Gavurin has remarked that the five-year hiatus, in combination with the opportunity to work out of their own homes, enabled The Sundays to experiment within their genre; he also feels that the Van Morrison comparison is accurate, because the product was well worth the wait...
...came to hear him after [having heard] Gore," said Adam G. Storeygard '01. "While I agree it's a bad idea to focus on two candidates this early, it was interesting to get a comparison of both men within a month...
...comparison between Harvard teams of this era and the national-championship teams of the past may be an exercise in futility...
Specific incidents aside, a comparison of criminal activity in Yard dorms--where first-years have 24-hour universal access--and upper-class Houses shows no definite trends...