Word: contrast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Clark and J. Howard McGrath.* The new Attorney General's first upward tug came in the selection of his assistants. Every one he has picked so far has the highest possible rating in Martindale-Hubbell, the official directory of the American bar. This is in sharp contrast with some of the department's recent personnel, e.g., former Deputy Attorney General Gus Vanech, who thrice failed to pass the District of Columbia bar examination and had to try it in Tennessee, where the examination was easier...
James Woods' rendition of the Copland Clarinet Concerto was one of the performances that impressed me most. Though written in 1947, the work is much in the spirit of many compositions composed in the 20's which experimented with assimilating jazz into symphonic writing. Its two movements contrast two features of the jazz clarinet style--the yearning poignancy of its extreme high register and the brashness of its strident declamation. Mr. Woods overcame every difficulty of this work with perfect assurance...
...Crimson's real weakness lay in its inability, again, to capitalize on rebounds. B.C., in contrast, always had the right man in the right place
...year's finest exhibits of Asian art crossed paths in Washington last week. Together, they made a striking contrast...
Efficient Monster. Like all of Graham Greene's novels, The Shipwrecked is basically concerned with the problem of evil, this time through a contrast between Anthony's genteel, old-fashioned shiftiness and Krogh's impersonal ruthlessness. For all his faults, Anthony is human, and he clings with redeeming inconsistency to "the conventions of a generation older than himself"; Krogh is merely an efficient monster who manipulates people as if they were pins...