Word: equal
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Ecuador. Day and night are always of approximately equal length in Ecuador, for it lies astride the equator. The ruling class is of pure Spanish blood, proud and enervated. In consequence almost half the territory which is legally Ecuadorian is actually within a "sphere of influence" impudently maintained by adjoining and militant Peru. Here again, as in Colombia, the factor of altitudes is vital and decisive. Gigantic parallel ranges of mountains, many over four miles high, cut off the nominally sovereign scions of Spain in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, from the vas' hinterland tracts which Peru has quietly...
...lair of the suspicious lion. To the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Student goes the honor of out pointing and outwitting the British genius for debate. To the British genius for fair play goes the honor of properly awarding his laurel to him. The net result is not far from equal, and credits to each side a rise in the score of mutual respect...
...with many illustrations probably the most valuable book in the third display case it is chiefly composed of a series of pictures of the adversities suffered by lovers the pictures being tied together by a story. The original drawings for Park's "Twelfth Night" are of about equal value. This is a series of pictures for the Park's book of games to be played on the twelfth night after Christmas a day which is always celebrated in England as concluding the Christmas season. Washington Irving's "History of New York" with illustrations of typical scenes in the Manhattan...
...even moderately distant from the Atlantic sea-board prepare directly for the College Board examinations has frequently discriminated against the entrance of students from these institutions into Eastern universities; and his device of Princeton's like the "first seventh" rule at Harvard, is a step towards giving them an equal chance with the graduates of more experienced Eastern schools...
While the giants of the Eastern gridirons engage each other in various feature battles this afternoon, a contest, will take place in New Haven which promises to equal if not eclipse in thrills and fine football anyone of the major college clashes...