Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Soldiers Field this spring has presented a somewhat melancholy picture to those who still stir at the sound of a clean single. And the contrast was tremendously noticeable yesterday, when the bleachers were filled not only with fathers, but with daughters, mothers, and brothers, all slowly burning in the warm sun. The Graduates make their own Cambridge these days, when the Seniors are in the height of their glory, quite removed from the brown-hatted individuals who but yesterday were complaining of divisionals. And in a few days more, after the center of affairs has drifted away...
...compiled the book hoped it would have, it should be printed in the cheapest possible editions, and be broadcast throughout every literate nation. If it is widely enough seen it cannot fail of that effect. "The Horror of It" is an example of militant pacifism, in contrast to the pacifism which sits back and whines because it does not like fighting. Such pacifism shows the proper way to attack war. Reducing armaments without destroying the poisonous spirit which makes wars possible is futile. By making people hate and fear the very idea of war, peace may be firmly established, even...
...years Dr. Walker has banked alone or in joint account with others $431,258.92. Officially the Walker methods were new to the American Medical Association and the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, organizations which are striving mightily to keep doctors from poverty. Dr. Walker, a corpulent, quiet contrast to his slim, glib brother, made his explanations to Judge Samuel Seabury, inquisitor of the Scandals of New York...
...Cosmic rays are believed to be in the category with X-rays and light rays, but of considerably greater frequency and shorter wave length. "Ordinary light will penetrate glass and a few thin substances. X-rays are more penetrating, and will go through a few millimeters of lead. In contrast to both these, cosmic rays are able to pass through two feet of lead...
...contrast to the attitude of pressmen and politicians, the court and the University have been sane and dignified in their treatment of the incident. The district attorney finally recovered from his first flights of fancy and treated the defendants with sensible geniality. The University acted properly in putting on probation men, who continued to cause disturbance after they were warned by officials. Now that legal sanction has been given the settlement of the case, the memory of the Great Harvard Riot of 1932 may fade with the memory of a beautiful Spring...