Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been guarded of late in his comments about the Administration. But in an interview a few days before the election, he pronounced himself "mightily, mightily disgusted" with revelations of Democratic fund-raising irregularities, which he said made Nixon's tactic of shaking down corporate contributions seem "pretty paltry in comparison." For Clinton to try to deflect the controversy by recommitting himself to a bill--co-sponsored by Thompson--that would ban many of the President's own campaign practices "shows breathtaking audacity," the Senator added...
...newer songs attempt poetic appraisals of the human condition--rather than satiric ones--which pale before the nutty genius of his older work. And when Guthrie, in his words, "sings pretty" instead of hokey and talky, he sounds a lot like Bob Dylan. But if this is a comparison which a listener naturally would extend to the lyrics, it's a decidedly unfortunate one for Guthrie...
...again, Guthrie himself anticipates such comparison. "Song-writing's just kinda like catching fish--you sit there and pull them out as they go by--though I think Bob Dylan's up stream from me somewhere...
...comparison, the system was processing an average of 40,000 to 50,000 e-mail messages a day when Steen became director in the spring...
...obstacle the team has faced this year is its relative roster size in comparison with other teams. With substitutions typically occurring every minute or so, keeping the intensity in the third period is often difficult even though the team is in excellent shape, Malek said...