Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...English made a landing in the Low Countries and many of the conquered nations rose. At the same time, Napoleon's position in his own country made a quick success necessary. His striving for a quick victory was the cause of his downfall. For that reason any comparison between Napoleon and Hitler is nonsensical...
...Comparison to Minnesota...
...reality. A climax is reached in the mad piano-playing of young Nicky in the second act, louder and louder as his sensitive mind is driven close to insanity by the chaotic scene that surrounds him; his solution in the third act seems weak and superficial by comparison...
...instance, some of the seven stars that can be measured by instruments would make the sun look like a pinhead by comparison, the great red star Antares having a diameter 400 times that of our sun-star...
...letter explains the general setup of the committee, and that the original intention had been to publish and compare prices along the idea of "Consumer's Research." But the natural difficulties presented plus the arbitrary comparison of quantity, quality, etc., without the benefit of highly specialized laboratories made this method both unfeasible and impracticable," Harvey writes...