Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reduction of over 20 per cent in the price of board in the Business School dining halls, bringing the rate down to $8 a week, has been arranged. The new rate is in contrast with the $10.50 charged last year and with the $9 rate which will be charged in the House dining halls of the College. Economy in the purchase and serving of the food is in large measure responsible for the reduction. Proposals for the installation of a cafeteria system for breakfasts were abandoned when it was found that the new rate could be established without such...
...Drys, however, began swinging in behind the Hoover candidacy on the ground that the President was against the saloon and "naked Repeal" as proposed by the Democrats. Dr. Daniel A. Poling, as head of the Allied Forces for Prohibition put his Dry organization behind the Republican ticket because "in contrast to Governor Roosevelt his [Hoover's] election will safeguard the gains made under Prohibition...
This was hedging, weasling?perhaps a wise course since it left open every avenue for muddling through. In sharp contrast was South Africa's crisp demand for "the restoration of the gold standard" throughout the Empire (South African pounds & shillings being still on the gold standard...
...haired Maurice McLoughlin was obviously a "comet." Sad, sly little Henri Cochet, with rings under his eyes, is a "wizard." Tilden, tall, thin, dramatic, made an almost funnypaper contrast with William Johnston, short, thin, efficient: they were "Big Bill" and "Little Bill." Last week the galleries at Wimbledon, after watching some tennis as great as Wimbledon ever saw, felt around for a nickname for its exponent, a lanky, lazy-looking California boy who had come over to play in his first "world championship...
...contrast Alfred Emanuel Smith appeared to be rated high by his neighbors. Editorials gushing with praise for his recent pronouncements on the state of the Union were quoted. His administrative career was favorably reviewed. His loss of the 1928 election was argued out of court. It was strongly suggested that, if nominated, his religion would cost him fewer votes than four years...