Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ladies coughed politely when Dr. Tansill called Abraham Lincoln a "do-nothing" soldier, "invincible in peace and invisible in war." They looked alarmed when he began to contrast the Davis and Lincoln military careers. Suddenly his audience realized that the professor was leading them on a historical Pickett's charge...
...dress companies, priced their patterns at 15? (and later 25?), while most others sold between 50? and $2. They eschewed high-fashion designs, kept their patterns easy to make. Most important, they printed cutting lines and instructions (in English and Spanish) on each piece of the paper pattern, in contrast to the traditional method of identifying pattern sections only by punched holes...
...contrast to the flood of hate-Russia propaganda that is fed to us by the daily press, the continual description of the Russians as oppressed, discouraged and persecuted slaves, such an article as Samuel Welles's excellent report in your issue of April 28 is like a ray of sunshine...
...contrast, the Crimson scoring honors were well distributed. Hans Estin, hero of the Williams thriller on Saturday, with two goals and Ned Dewey with one goal are one assist showed the way to their Harvard teammates...
Theme requirements in courses inaugurated last fall range from two or three a term to one a month. Most corrections are on the basis of ideas related to the course with little or no attention paid to writing ability. This is in sharp contrast to the Committee's recommendation that the English instructors, after being absorbed by the general education program, should discuss weekly themes in conference with each individual student. Though this ultimate goal will require time, the very fact that it is a difficult changeover necessitates early experimentation to locate the wrinkles so they may be ironed...