Word: difference
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Milne, who proudly recalled that he fought under Queen Victoria, keynoted that he believes every nation gets the kind of Government its people want or deserve and that the Germans have that now. "There is a deep strain of brutality in the German nation!" he boomed, roundly begged to differ with the large school of intellectual-liberals who said during World War I or who say today, "We have no quarrel with the German people." As a veteran commander, the Field Marshal called it "dangerous" to keep on telling Tommy Atkins that the enemy is not the actual soldiers...
...Opinions differ greatly as to the absolute value of Strawinsky's music and his position as a composer. His place as the most influential figure in the modern music world, however, is incontestable, and familiarity with his music and ideas is absolutely necessary for an understanding of the music...
Though it is rather unfortunate that the Radcliffe concert and the joint Harvard-Yale Glee Club program on Friday night are spaced so closely, the two differ so greatly in spirit that they tread on each other's toes only slightly. The Yale club has always adhered to the traditional pre-Davison formula of trick pieces and "barbershop" arrangements, and Mr. Woodworth has selected music for the Harvard part of the program which is evidently intended to harmonize at least with the spirit of the Yale section without compromising the usual musical standard of the club...
...Greene in a Boston Herald article notable for its logic and calm. Had this article been written some two decades ago, it might very well have been taken for an utterance, likewise reasonable and collected, of Woodrow Wilson. The specific line of argument and the names mentioned may differ. But the broad sentiments outlined, the implications drawn, and finally the social myths preached are identical...
...people know much about Machiavelli except that he sired the sinister adjective Machiavellian. Even those who know a little more differ widely about him. Some, like Ralph Roeder (The Man of the Renaissance), consider Machiavelli an Italian patriot and his Prince a kind of Mein Kampf of Italy's struggle for unity. Others, like Author Valeriu Marcu, consider Machiavelli a single-track political mind whose curious obsession with the pure mechanics of power is his first-class ticket to genius...