Word: similarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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China and India have recently been made the subject of excellently clear, concise and interest-compelling histories,* *while a similar service has been done with judicious compression for Asia as a whole...
This was the situation in Iowa last week, reminiscent of the Flori da-Georgia bank troubles of the last summer (TIME, July 26). Six years ago there was similar unrest among U. S. banks. Considerable numbers of them failed, prelude to the 1920-21 business depression. Is this Iowa situation symptomatic of a national condition? The Iowa State Banking Department hastened to make up a bulletin: "The condition is purely local. It is simply a concerted action on the part of the banks to stop continued unwarranted withdrawals." After a few days some of the banks reopened to honor demands...
...similar plea for a boxing team at Princeton has just been favorably received by the Tiger Athletic Committee according to an announcement received yesterday. Fistic activities at Princeton have been banished for over two decades as the result of a free-for-all fight after a match in 1906. The Princeton legislation and the Harvard agitations are regarded as evidences of recurring interest in pugilism among the colleges...
Amherst, Mass., December 3. The Harvard affirmative team defeated the negative team by a 3 to 1 decision in the opening series of the Eastern Inter-collegiate Debate League here tonight. The question was: "Resolvd. That co-education similar to that in use at state colleges is advisable for the colleges of this league." The Harvard team was composed of F. W. Lorenzen '28 and David Scoll...
...little accessories to a meal are the things that should make a Common dining hall infinitely superior to the best of cafeterias. These accessories, for example, should be fresh bread, filtered ice water, small individual jelly services, hot rolls, clean table linen, intelligent service, and similar unaccustomed luxuries. These are the things that determine whether or not eating is to be pleasurable or a mere stowing away of fuel...