Word: contrasted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...movement is in contrast to that under way in Lowell House to establish "bowling on the green"; the latter is an essentially English game, and the equipment for it costs over $50. The horse shoes for the games at Winthrop House were obtained only when a House member pursued a horse-drawn milk wagon, to a smithy in East Boston in the early morning...
...Widespread depression has tended to lessen the contrast between rich and poor" is the comforting assertion of the hunger stricken author of the editorial. Doubtless he has had the insufferable experience of being deprived of his caviar for breakfast or perhaps this year can have as his extra car only a Buick instead of a Packard...
...reviewing stand began to pass a parade of almost legendary figures-men whose names committeemen and the Wall-Street-conscious public had linked with million-dollar deals, but whose persons had hitherto been concealed in the abysses of Wall Street. Leading the parade was Matthew Chauncey Brush. In marked contrast to Mr. Whitney's quiet precision (which irritated Chairman Norbeck to the point of shouting: "You're hopeless!") was the bluff readiness-to-tell-all of Witness Brush. Mr. Brush greeted Counsel Gray (an old friend), blithely told how he started in Boston with "pretty skinny trading...
...average has been much higher than last year, the present proof that in comparison with midyear grades last year, the number of men who presented unsatisfactory reports has decreased by three percent of the College enrollment. The general average is extended evenly through all classes, and presents a strong contrast to the reports of the last three years, during which the proportion of unsatisfactory grades fluctuated very little...
According to the preliminary statistics released at University Hall yesterday, 121 Freshmen are making English their field of concentration, while only 91 have chosen Economics. These figures are in sharp contrast in these o record for the classes of 1932, 1933, and 1934, all of which have contributed at least 140 men to the field of Economics...