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Word: contradiction (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...plays of Sophocs support or contradict the traditional belief in the existence of a stage in the Greek Theatre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English C. | 5/16/1892 | See Source »

...proposition that has met with such general opposition, mainly, it seems, on account of a feeling that if five more general tables were added this year, that would mean a few more next year, and so on as the number of applicants grew larger. The facts of the case contradict this apprehension. The basement of Memorial Hall has a limited capacity, and the needs of the present arrangement have very nearly taxed this capacity to its utmost. There is room to make accommodations for about one hundred more men without altering the present basement essentially. For any larger number, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/28/1892 | See Source »

...which Mr. White has compiled show that Harvard's influence in New York is by no means losing ground as the public is often given to believe. We do not for an instant pretend to assert that more New York men come to Harvard than to Yale; figures directly contradict this. The New York men who are studying for a profession or are taking a scientific course find it more convenient to go to Yale to Harvard. But what we do assert, and on the basis of Mr. White's figures can with authority assert, is that for the general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/8/1892 | See Source »

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