Word: versus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Financial considerations are now driving them home again. On May 1, 2004, the day of Poland's accession, a pound would buy more than 7 zloty, versus 4 today. In Poland, wages rose 7.7% last year, double their growth rate in the U.K.; and Poland's unemployment rate has dropped from about 14% to under 10% in two years. Newly arrived Poles, eager for jobs, were willing to work for low wages. The influx of Poles triggered tabloid scare stories about Polish laborers stealing jobs and soaking up social services. Now their departure has stirred doleful speculation about labor shortages...
...streets is called here, hoping that might save their vehicles from flooding. Never mind that the patch of land is barely a half-foot above ground. Perhaps the liveliest discussion came on the radio airwaves, where several callers cast their decision to stay as a battle of man versus nature. Meanwhile, residents of the seemingly flood-resistant Uptown neighborhood, defied Gustav from their porches, comfortable above the police officers patrolling below...
...sagging Obama campaign comes out of here with a fresh start and a clear message: Throw da bums out. It's a theme with a venerable history in American politics, dating back to Jefferson versus Burr in 1800. Take the ones on the inside and put them out, and put the ones on the outside in. Repeat as necessary...
...alone guarantee a quality education for all? In 2007, the most recent year for which data is available, only 55% of Chicago's public school students graduated high school compared to 100% at Winnetka's New Trier High School. And just half of Chicago students go on to college versus a staggering 98% at New Trier. "If we had a little bit of the resources of the districts five miles from us, we could close the gap that much quicker," says Duncan, who has taken a publicly neutral stance on Meeks' boycotts...
Obama also had a wide lead over McCain on level of enthusiasm among supporters in the 18-24 age bracket, with 83% of Obama supporters saying that they were at least “excited” about the election, versus 56% for McCain. However, a plurality of young voters (31% to 28%) said they trusted McCain to be a better commander-in-chief than Obama – despite disproportionately trusting Obama to better handle foreign policy and the war in Iraq...