Word: equal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...majority of Arizonans will agree with Mr. Flury most heartily when he says it will be a long time before Arizona will see his equal as a democrat. In fact they hope never...
...paradox of a rich man "dry as a matter of business" but socially wringing wet is significantly turned inside out by Cognac Tycoon Jean Hennessy. "As a matter of business" M. Hennessy spends millions to extol the virtues of "***Hennessy," probably the best of large production brandies. Mixed with equal parts of Italian Vermuth, famed "***Hennessy" becomes the surprising and delicious "Ponce de Leon Cocktail," a beverage of smoky, tingling undertaste-and bland, stimulating potency. It is said that M. Hennessy conceived the "Ponce de Leon" as a shrewd means of booming "***" above English or Dutch gin as a favorite...
...should like to point, out to this new Cato that the candidates who receive their degrees magna or summa cum laude must at least equal the ability of those who obtain a general cum laude inasmuch as a man's entire record is examined before distinction is conferred upon him. The requirements in general excellence are for the degree summa and magna cum laude very strict, unless I have been misinformed. It is clear, therefore, that the unfortunate men who receive high honors, have as broad a culture as their brethen who receive a general cum laude...
...knowledge of Shakespeare-(sic) note by note" is sufficient to gain a degree summa cum laude in English, I advise him to study the requirements for a degree in any literature, ancient or modern, and to read the examinations set for those concentrating in such fields. This applies with equal force to all fields in which General Examinations are given, with the distinct purpose of testing ability to coordinate and compare the varied features of several periods of history or several divisions of human knowledge...
...boys buy their own tools, the tuition is the work they do. Cabinets, carved wood, original in conception but steeped in the old Italian spirit are sold to the equal benefit of the shop and the young artisan...