Word: contrast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...business masters degree at the University, and in 1940 became an assistant dean in charge of sophomores. In his class report of about that time, listed "fishing for bass" as his outdoor hobby. But his outdoor interests have become less, not more sedentary over the years, in remarkable contrast to old clubhouse dictum ("when thou become forty, thou shalt play nothing but golf"). A couple of years ago, he took up ski racing, careful to protect himself with short or "goon" skis. "I used to ski on the long ones, but I was breaking my ankles. Haven't been injured...
...sharp contrast, President Conant's formal vestment of authority was, by his own request, quiet and inexpensive. The year 1933 was a black year--depression had its effect in Cambridge as elsewhere. Conant felt an elaborate ceremony at that time would entail needless expense...
Bellissima has the hard, crudely vigorous look of the good Italian postwar pictures, but deep down, it is soft-focus moviemaking. The mother's last-minute change of mind is unconvincing, and there is no real contrast between the make-believe film world and the world of actuality. Without this necessary social comment, Bellissima is little more than an overblown melodrama. As the overly ambitious mother, Italy's expert Actress Magnani gives one of her earthily explosive performances. The trouble is that the role she plays is too flimsy to sustain her powerful acting. Landfall (Associated British Picture...
Some may try to excuse this glaring inconsistency by pointing out that Russian chess players hardly constitute a menace to the nation, and such specious use of the "national interest" loophole is harmless. While true, this reasoning hardly justifies the contrast, for under the Act's provisions men as safe as any pawn-pusher and many times more worthy are refused entry by the score...
...contrast with the generally salty content of the meal, there should be an order of sweet and sour pork. Chunks of pork, deep fried in a light batter, are covered by a sauce of sugar and vinegar, producing a sweetness laced tingling tartness. Although it lacks the body to stand as a separate dish, the sauce is also excellent with rice, and after the pork is gone, makes a fine semi-dessert...