Word: different
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...merit of Mr. de Pachmann in the practice of his art, critics differ. There is a certain difficulty in estimating the proficiency of an agreeable old fellow who persists in distracting your attention by a rapid fire of chatty comment and sportive gesture. His work is uneven?varying from snatches of irresistible and unfamiliar beauty to heinous sins against the purest of arts. Anyway, he is worth watching...
...Time, the news weekly, looks down rather disdainfully on the New York News. We never have been able to understand why. They both have much in common. Their size is not radically different; both run pictures; and the purpose of each is to condense the news of the world in the smallest possible space and here and there through it all planting little seeds of thought from which great ideas will grow and make this a happier place for all of us. They differ only in the selection of the community class they have decided to serve...
Unrest. It is a fact that, with the downfall of the Central Empires at the conclusion of the War, occurred the downfall of Europe. The whole Continent needed regeneration. What was the new Europe to be like? The signs and portents were that it would not differ materially from the old. France, with enlightening logic, impinged on the cornerstone. "I must have security," said Marianne.* Then Britain and the U. S. declined to sign an alliance with France to protect her against aggressive warfare. The builders of the edifice caught the cry of France. "Security," called Czechoslovakia. "Security...
...Yakuts, who inhabit the region bordering on the Lina River, are a tribe whose origin is unknown. They have lived in this vicinity for many centuries, and their primitive civilization and customs differ entirely from most of the other tribes in that neighborhood...
...force or develop openings, and ends--waiting ends--who are charged with territorial responsibility both on enemy rushes and forward passes and whose first duty on each play is to protect that 'territory before committing themselves to other action, constitute three features of the Harvard system of play which differ strikingly from the football scheme of other colleges, and it is in one or two or all three of these features that random looks for a change...