Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...year were 8,849, as against 9,160 for the year before. American authors, who furnished 8,430 of the books of 1916, contributed but 8,107 to the lists for 1917. Imported books fell from 1,648 to 1,324 in the two-year period of comparison; American prints of foreign works rose from 367 to 629, this increase being accounted for by the natural boom in war books...
...will meet its fifth opponent of the season when Andover is played at the Charlesbank rink this afternoon. Andover has played only two games this season, winning from Boston Latin and losing to Stone School in a 3 to 0 game. The latter game furnishes the only basis of comparison for today's game, since the 1921 hockey players easily defeated the Boston school in its first game by the score...
Falling under the ban are the customary supper-dance, which usually opened the week, the concert by the musical clubs, which closed it, the Dramatic Association performance, as well as fraternity dances. The one affair remaining, the Carnival Ball, will be greatly diminished in importance in comparison to the outdoor events...
...main store and its branch amounted to $204,085.47 as against $260,513.37 for the corresponding period in 1916, which represents a decrease of $56,427.90. A year ago, however, the Society made a phenomenal showing in net profits so that the present shrinkage is more considerable in comparison. The gain indicated by the report is as large as in some previous years under normal conditions...
...comparison of the British Marine Insurance Act of 1906 with American...