Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...number of freshmen who made Dean's List fell off considerably with the Class of '61, Dean von Stade disclosed yesterday. He noted that only 35.3 per cent of last year's freshman class made Group III, in contrast to 42.6 per cent of the Class...
...occasional professorial disappointment at the level of knowledge of students, the school charitably offers to all without restriction the opportunity for two months of a Harvard education. As a dynamic facet of the University's design to educate wherever it can, the Summer School serves a vital purpose. In contrast to the noisy plan discussed two years ago of sponsoring a number of Harvard-like colleges throughout the U.S., the Summer School spreads its bit of veritas around quietly--though self-consciously--and in a quite successful, manner...
With a brilliant eye for contrast, he leaves these "resurrected" to describe a nearby cemetery where 8.000 mummies are on view, dating from the 16th century to as late as 1920, and including priests, professors, young virgins, even "an American consul with a big black mustache." The book is at its best in an account of how New York City's Mayor Vincent ("Mr. Impy") Impellitteri returned to his native village in 1951. With no blasphemous intent, Levi describes the visit in the way some of the simpler Sicilians might have seen it-as the story of the Saviour...
Spofford attributed a slight increase in freshman enrollment in the program to the tense international situation, a direct contrast to last year's talk of military cutbacks and a suspension of the draft...
...Unmet Plane. After the colorful crowds in Negro Africa, De Gaulle flew on to revolt-torn Algeria. This time, in contrast to De Gaulle's two previous visits to Algiers, the right-wing European leaders made no effort to turn out a welcome for the general, and the Committee of Public Safety, which masterminded the Algiers insurrection of last May, pointedly failed to turn out to meet De Gaulle's plane...