Word: different
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British Parliament is to increase the "association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire." The British and Nationalist aims, therefore, differ only in method. The British policy is a progressive scheme of Indianization; the Nationalists want a revolutionary and not an evolutionary change...
...assumed that even the most militant among us, not excepting General Edwards, devotedly desires peace for his country. The only question upon which pacifist and militarist reasonably may differ is as to what is most likely to maintain peace, or, conversely least likely to increase the hazard...
Good and virtuous students of that day fined professors whenever they cut a lecture. Professor Haskins concluded that what interested students of the middle ages interests the student of today; that although conditions may differ, collegiate problems are still the same; and finally that the entire system of today is the result of centuries of work...
...most inveterate "fan" will stop to examine the posters before entering a moving-picture theatre, but the occasional "movie-goers" exhibit far greater care in their selections. They even peruse the papers to assure themselves of a congenial evening's entertainment, needless to say, their interests differ widely: followers of William S. Hart are bored by a modern "problem play"; advocates of Burton Holmes contemptuously turn up their noses at lovely lingerie, and Mark Sennet enthusiasts fall asleep rather than see a hoop-skirt. Theatre-owners, realizing that it is all a matter of taste, and that the fewer discontented...
Perhaps the University is depraved beyond redemption. Yale has recently undertaken a Temperance Movement. At any rate, the redoubtable Doctor must be called in once again: "The Beggar's Opera' is an excellent example of how literary tastes differ...