Word: comparisons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Golfing enthusiasts have long bemoaned the comparative neglect of their favorite sport in comparison to tennis, squash, and similar activities. The erection of two greens on which to practice approach shots will eliminate the necessity of traveling miles to the nearest golf course. A far more important step in the recognition of golf, however, is the securing of Francis Ouimet's services this spring to lay out the greens and to coach the University golf squad. The able services of such a recognized golfing figure will do much to increase the prestige of the sport at Harvard...
...China by the Commercial Press, the largest printing establishment in the far East. It is the result of steady improvement since its invention in 1919, though it is not yet entirely efficient. A capable operator can write at the rate of 1000 characters an hour, which seems slow in comparison with the speed of an American machine. This is, however, twice the speed with which one can print Chinese by hand. Furthermore, it is a greater speed than one thinks, because most Chinese words consist of only one or two characters, whereas English words consist of many more. Mr. Chiu...
...possession of the Museum here an X-ray picture of the Louvre copy of the disputed painting. Supreme Court Justice Black, desiring to hasten the conclusion of the case, urged that an air-plane be dispatched to bring the negative to New York, where, by a comparison with Mrs. Andree Lardoux Hahn's copy, it might decide which is the original...
...blood changes less than that of the ordinary man in motion. The acidosis of De Mar's blood remained static while running at an average rate of 5.8 miles per hour, when he consumed 3.5 liters of oxygen per minute and kept a pulse rate of 101. For comparison a non-athlete in the same test consumed 1.5 liters of oxygen a minute, keeping a pulse rate of 192, and lowering by half the acidosis of his blood...
...comparison which President Lowel makes between prohibition and reconstruction has some validity but it will not do to push it too far. The two movements are alike in that both followed a great war and that they resulted in certain amendments to the constitution. There is also a fact of resemblance in that there was a certain element of moral fervor in both. The small element of moral fervor in both. The small element of moral fervor in the reconstruction policy of the North following the Civil War was overwhelmed by the constitution of the storm of hatred engendered...