Word: comparison
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...easy to pick up a newspaper and see some comparison between your brothers and Barack Obama. Is there any validity to that comparison? Barack is certainly an extremely gifted and talented individual. But my brothers are on a special plateau for me. They're my heroes...
...that there are now more American Rhodes Scholars choosing to remain at Oxford for the full three years of Rhodes financial support (rather than one or two) than at any time in our hundred-year plus history. (That stipend is, by the way, still extremely generous by any international comparison, and more than adequate to cover all annual expenses except for those who travel the world extensively during vacations...
...SASI undertook a comprehensive survey in which 126 students from a variety of concentrations and backgrounds participated. The survey showed that academic interest in South Asia, particularly from undergraduates, was on the rise, while Harvard resources were inadequate not only in fulfilling students’ demand but also in comparison to our peer institutions and other area studies programs. Fewer than 12 percent of students initially interested in pursuing a concentration in South Asian Studies actually followed through; many cited the lack of course offerings and adequate funding as barriers. Only 20 out of 47 students who had initially considered...
...probably one of the few fortunate people, traveling frequently between rural Guatemala and the hallowed halls of Harvard, that is lucky enough to be reminded of the top and bottom of that pyramid. What scares me the most is that rural Guatemala is actually middle class in comparison with the world, so I have yet to even begin to comprehend the global pyramid of destruction. At Harvard we are on top of that pyramid and we’re leaving billions behind...
...Andrews' Bauckham defends his probabilities, noting that Jacobovici was comparing his name-cluster to the rather small sampling of names known to have been found on bone boxes, while his own basis for comparison, which adds names from contemporary literature and other sources, makes the combo far less unusual...