Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact Senator Knox's speech on March 1 was based essentially on this proposition. President Lowell must show conclusively that no such violations exist, that whatever of sovereignty the United States gives up in taking her share in the responsibilities of the League will be so insignificant in comparison with the ensuing benefits as not to bear discussion. Senator Lodge, however, has an equally difficult task in successfully maintaining that America ought not to forego the Monroe Doctrine and Washington's advice at a moment when the world's problems seem to many more far-reaching than Monroe or Washington...
...chief arguments in favor of the destruction of the ships is that their distribution would increase taxation. We fall to see how this is true. Taxes would be needed only for the upkeep of the ships, a negligible amount in comparison to those required for building and maintaining new ones. And even admitting that the League of Nations will be adopted, each country must keep increasing its naval armament until the "Executive Council shall formulate plans for effecting . . . . . reduction." Most people will agree that the proposed reduction is intended to be gradual, caused by discontinuing to build more ships rather...
...only the desire to refer the authors to Professor Babbitt's essay on that phase of literary endeavor. One of the stories was interesting only because it was about Russia; the other a clumsy attempt at whimsicality mingled with a certain amount of unredeemed lubricity. The poems suffer in comparison with the work of Hillyer and Damon. The one essay contained much obvious truth, but seemed over weighted by verbosity, pedantry, and didacticism. The editorial page which failed to state the ambitions, purposes, and ideals of the magazine, presented a farrago of misplaced propaganda and flippancy. The theatrical page brought...
...goal has been set for the campaign as the amounts collected in previous years have differed too widely to give any basis for comparison. The collection of 1917-18 so far holds the record of $4,101 collected...
...statistical comparison between the University and Yale follows: University Yale Total in Service, 10,256 8,000 Holding Commissions, 4,911 3,500 Roll of Honor, 284 163 Faculty Members, 168 75 Men in S. A. T. C., 1,367 1,309 Men in Naval Unit...