Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Quite in contrast was the description of Lincoln by Col. Theodore Lyman of Massachusetts, an officer on General Meade's staff, who saw Lincoln not long before his death: "There was an expression of plebeian vulgarity in his face. You recognize the recounter of coarse stories." LYON G. TYLER
...contrast to that flippant view, which nonetheless expresses the esteem of Europeans for Professor Dewey, is another statement. It was made by one who is per-haps the greatest of living Chinese savants, Dr. Fai Yuan-pei. The occasion was the birth anniversary of Confucius in 1920. Dr. Fai, acting as Rector of the National University at Peking, was presenting an honorary Ph.D. degree to John Dewey...
Indians are sedentary and submissive, Britons kinetic and therefore dominant. Significant, last week, was an illustration of this contrast afforded when His Majesty's Viceroy of India, Frederick Lindley Wood, Baron Irwin, set out from Delhi to take what he described as "a short rest and vacation...
...contrast to the figures for quiz up-keep there may be presented the total restricted and unrestricted expenditures for Sanskrit by the College which add up to $8.28. This sum in turn dwarfs the annual cost of equipment for the Board of Freshman Advisers which is with all required refinements included exactly...
Portraits and still life are the subjects of this colorful collection of canvases. The titles of many paintings shown indicate the color contrasts in the subjects. Among the portraits are "Girl With Red Hat", and "The Green Turban". Two studies in still life contrast a decorated coffee cup with a blue bowl and a yellow...