Word: inferior
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Although the "College Kodaks" of this number are inferior to those in number 6 - notably the tale of the bishop and his introduction of Easter customs, - yet they are by no means dry, and some of them, especially the second and third, will bear more than one reading...
...Njala is generally esteemed the most perfect of Icelandic Saga. As a work of art, however, Professor Smith thinks it is inferior to the Eigla. The Njal is not like the Eigla, a single picture. In it we meet with a multitude of personages all thoroughly individualized, and the phases of Icelandic life are described with sympathy and richness of detail...
...been at this last point that Captain Trafford has had the most trouble. Throughout the season the centre has been inferior to Yale's, and Yale has adopted, throughout the season, a style of play intended to take advantage of Harvard's weakness at centre. Harvard, in her turn, has been generally considered stronger at the tackles and ends than Yale. The work of her individual men has been brilliant, but critics have united in saying that Yale's team play is far superior to Harvard...
...effects of party rule in cities are bad. - (a) The election of inferior men to office, (1) Mediocre or "available" men: J. H. Univ. Studies IV, p. 95; (2) Political bosses; Von Holst; Const. Law, p. 331. - (b) Deals. - (c) Treatment of municipal offices as party spoils; J. H. Univ. Studies V. p. 61. - (d) The State Legislature is apt to interfere in city affairs: Ency. Brit. XVII, 463; Lalor I, 464; Bryce...
...fourth number of the Advocate came out Saturday and seems to us to be slightly inferior to the previous issue. The verse of the number is up to the usual average and the editorials and Topics of Day are well written, but the stories in general lack the originality and artistic finish of certain of the contributions to number three...