Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with the average of the Class (as of course, it should have done); for, whereas the group of new Freshmen had less than 17 per cent on the Dean's List, 26.7 per cent of the men admitted without examination attained this distinction. With respect to unsatisfactory records, the contrast is even more striking, for only 10 per cent of the men admitted without examination had unsatisfactory records either when they left College or at the end of the year, as compared, with 22 per cent for the whole group of new Freshmen...
...garments of twisted leather, the inevitable dice, beads of turquoise and shell. The pottery, white or light-colored with black designs, was made without potters' wheels. There were chipped stone implements. The living chambers of the houses uncovered were small - only about six by eight feet, a contrast to the large communal houses of the later tribes...
...holdings, the owner said. If the building should be a hotel it will fill an acute need in the college life, providing for visitors accommodations which are satisfactorily near the Yard. If the building is completed in the form of an apartment, the appointments will be in great contrast to those of the present Beck Hall...
...this second class and so perhaps my opinion is prejudiced. The whole thing reminded me of "Babbitt." Like that book it had a very good ending, the last two minutes were really worthy of the name of comedy: but like Babbit again it achieved this triumph mostly by contrast with what went before. One has to sit through all of two acts (mercifully short) and nearly an equal amount of a third in order to be amused for a few minutes at the very...
...case with which the Theatregoers Club organized yesterday was in direct contrast to the difficulty encountered in the attempted organization on Friday. By collecting dues at the door the temporary committee made all those in attendance members automatically...