Word: differences
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boas wrote, in a letter to TIME in 1936: "The assumption of the biological homogeneity of any race is a fiction. Every race contains many family strain? which are biologically distinct. . . . The physiological and psychological behavior of the individual depends only in part upon his hereditary characteristics. These differ widely within every population and are strongly overlaid by outer, cultural influences which modify the hereditary traits. . . . Personality cannot be assumed to be determined by the so-called racial groups ... but is a matter that must be determined individually...
...Washington, commissioned in 1941, probably four new battleships, the South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts and Alabama, have joined the fleet by this time. The "biggest-ever" (45,000 tons), 30-knot Iowa was launched, in August, her sister ship New Jersey this week. These big, new, cruiser-fast battleships differ from the old Pearl Harbor ships as a Flying Fortress differs from a B18. Other signs of naval recovery...
Regulations concerning the two upper classes differ from those concerning Freshman and Sophomores since Juniors and Seniors are engaged in more advanced work and tutorial. Many of them are preparing for General Examinations in January...
...TIME [Aug. 10] ... you state that Winston Churchill's daughter was spanked by Bill ("Feets") Adams, an American soldier who wears size 14EE shoes, the largest shoes issued by the United States Army. I beg to differ. . . . My brother, Pvt. Archie Rabhan, one of your subscribers, who is stationed in New York City, was issued size 16EE shoes...
Although the Enfields were constructed to be carried in a sidewise position, the Navy men will carry them in the normal American way, although they weigh more than American models, and differ in design and balance...