Word: contrast
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Aided by the discontinuance of spring football and hindered by a lack of practice time, the Yardling lacrosse team presents an unusual contrast of highly skilled players and inexperienced tyros...
...light of these facts," Morris says, "it seems reasonable to conclude that in the choice of life-ideals by present-day college students, the traditional contrast of East and West simply does not hold...
...contrast to this slow tempo is the terrifying speed of two motorcyclists, agents of Death. When Orpheus has abandoned his pregnant wife for Death, an ominous roar is heard and suddenly, Eurydice is struck down by the cyclists. Meanwhile, Orpheus is listening to obscure poetry over the radio in the Rolls, tragically ignorant of what has happened...
...were hot on the trail of another honor: the right to be the U.S. collegiate representatives in this summer's Olympics. The team blocking the path of Kansas' N.C.A.A. winners was, fittingly enough, Philadelphia's La Salle, winner of the recent National Invitation Tournament. In contrast to Kansas' one-man gang, La Salle is a five-man team of deft ball handlers and sharpshooters, though none of them matches Lovellette's scoring potential...
Jolly. In contrast to Reshevsky's concentrated grumpiness, Argentina's jolly Najdorf acted like an earnest student of Dale Carnegie. On the tense final day, most of the other players were discreetly rooting for Najdorf. Reshevsky made short work of his final opponent, Manhattan's Dr. Edward Lasker, whipping him in 38 implacable moves when Lasker overstepped his allowable time limit of 40 moves in 2¼ hours. Interest promptly centered on the match between Cuba's Rogelio Ortega and Najdorf, who moved into a technical position known to chessplayers as a Sicilian defense. After...