Word: equalling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter of records the Harvard players have an uncertain edge over their rivals: for while both have defeated St. Paul's by about equal scores, Yale was able to register only a 3 to 1 win over the Dartmouth freshmen, whom the Crimson men overwhelmed...
...very personable, and altogether fetching leading lady in the person of Doree Leslie. Too many shows have ridden through Boston on their reputation in the past and it is a real pleasure to be able to honestly recommend the cast which supports Ed Wynn as at least the equal of that which appeared with him in New York...
Zasu Pitts carries the brunt of the work, doing a much more careful job as the gangster's moll than Ruth Chatterton, whose sobs as the mother bereft never equal the gusto of that master of the choked gurgle, Mr. Al Jolson (applause, a little scattered). When Mickey Bennett sits on the sofa with the little girl with the curls, and she attempts to pull his head down on her juvenile and probably bony breast, and he draws away, she says: "Don't you understand?" It's a talkie...
...means a big gun. In a real nation such as France, Germany or Great Britain, he would not even be a popgun. For we are not yet a Nation but just an aggregation of races, culls-as it were. . . . The historic role of all religions, when their power is equal to their holy malice, is that of a Persecutor. When they can no longer use, the faggots and screws they use franchises and senators. I have three special aversions. They are Meddlesome Methodists, edifying editors and righteous realtors. No law shall ever prevent me from eating and drinking when...
...slumbering issue of whether U. S. holders of German bonds or the allied powers would have first claim upon the resources of the Reich. From the standpoint of the U. S. and Germany-and from their standpoint alone-the payments of both bond and reparations indebtedness are of approximately equal importance. The allied governments could watch Germany default on her U. S. bonds with relative unconcern; but any representative of U. S. interests must take care that the whole burden imposed on Germany is not too heavy for her to bear-even if that means somes calling down of reparations...