Word: different
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...real liberal minded person is one who so respects himself that he respects others who differ with him," said Profesor-emeritus George Herbert Palmer '64 at the Gaduate Schools Society meeting yesterday in the Phillips Brooks House...
...peace and security be realized. Just as a buffer state might work more harm than good, a conglomeration of microcosms allying with various powers, sought after by various powers, and always standing with chips on their shoulders would be a pestilent breeding ground of war. Although opinions may differ as to the party responsible for the chaos, it can scarcely be doubted that a German nation is a postulate of any plan or hope for lasting peace...
...like all milleniums a system of education without grades is a thing to be approached and never attained. Ideals and ambitions differ; and certainly the follower of learning for learning's sake who hobbles along with four B's and a C, is in no position to criticise the scholar who finds satisfaction in being in Group I for the mere pleasure of leading. The trouble is that these two individuals with their differing points of view are subjected to the same mechanical system and to adapt themselves to this system they must abandon their individualism...
...Battle cruisers differ from battleships principally in that they sacrifice a certain degree of armor protection for greater speed. They are much larger and more heavily armed than scout cruisers...
...ellipse. The Yerkes Observatory, at Williams Bay, on Lake Geneva, Wis., is the astronomy department of the University of Chicago, and contains the largest refracting telescope in the world, with an object lens of 40 inches. The largest reflecting telescope is at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, Cal. Refractors differ from reflectors in that the light is gathered through a lens at the top of the tube in the former, and in a large mirror at the bottom in the latter. Reflectors are easier and cheaper to construct, but are less convenient to handle, and get out of order more quickly...