Word: difference
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although the Houses aim at a cross-section as a desirable goal, they nevertheless differ considerably in composition. For example, Eliot House at present has a larger proportion of men from the "exclusive" private schools than the other Houses, and Lowell has a larger percentage in the upper reaches of the rank list than has the college as a whole. These are indications of certain differences in entrance criteria, although the Housemasters have declined to state these discrepancies, since such a revelation might smack of competitive advertising...
...gates of Warsaw, the young officer was first a colonel of horse artillery, then commander on the Lithuanian-White Russian frontier. Later he became military attache in Paris. That period in Colonel Beck's career was ended abruptly by the French, who asked him to leave. Stories differ on why the French disliked the Colonel. One report was that the Colonel was too curious about French military secrets; another connected his name with that of a German blonde who was also a spy. One thing is certain: the French still can't stand Colonel Beck...
Miss McAfee held that the totalitarian states differ from this country on two basic principles: one, that truth is stronger than error; the other, that we can legitimately and reasonably respect our fellow...
...acorn from which the Ukrainian oak is expected to grow is the autonomous district of Ruthenia, eastern tip of the German-dominated remainder of Czechoslovakia. Poland tried to coax Hungary into grabbing Ruthenia last month, but Germany effectively vetoed the idea. The 725,000 Ruthenians differ only slightly from Ukrainians in dialect and religion...
...after November Hours the budding mathematician attempts to change his section, he will find that this is quite impossible because no two instructors cover the field in the same order. And not only do the section men assert their independence in the matter of order, but they also differ in their exams and teaching technique. On the one hand there are men who make every effort to teach, to clarify the subject to even the slowest student; on the other hand there are those who merely lecture, treating any question as an inexcusable interruption. Of course the mathematical genius...