Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Blackest page of all came with Hoover's eviction of the Bonus Marchers, wives and children, by gas and bayonet. Contrast that with the friendly reception accorded by Roosevelt and you will see some reason for the vet's leaning toward Democracy...
...Dallas, where The Texas Rangers last fortnight had a "prerelease" première, audiences were delighted to find all early white residents of their State, not excluding desperadoes, depicted as high-spirited, swashbuckling citizens in sharp contrast with those cheap chiselers, the Indians. Audiences elsewhere are likely to excuse the picture for its pardonable bias on the grounds of an entertainment value enhanced by King Vidor's vigorous treatment of a story largely concocted by himself, brilliant photography by Cameraman Eddie Cronjager...
...Theatre is given on this page. Its 14,890 seats will occupy the area bounded by University and Sever Halls on the West and East, and by the Memorial Church and Widener Library on the North and South. The great outdoor theatre will contrast interestingly with the much smaller Meeting House and Pavilion where the Bicentennial observances were held. The platform at the North end (sketched by the late Charles A. Coolidge and completed after his death by his associates) will be architecturally an extension of the Memorial Church. It will be decorated with appropriate banners and the Harvard arms...
...Some pretty good men are on the street." . . . "You can't convict a million dollars." Sometimes Sandburg brings in more conventional proverbs to contrast with nuggets of contemporary wisdom. Sometimes he merely lists ordinary, everyday greetings to suggest the breezy friendliness of his hero: Where you been so long? What good wind blew you in? These themes are interspaced with examples of native folklore that range from Ford jokes to the classic rural replies to smart city salesmen, from variations on "No Credit" signs to examples of the tall tales of Paul Bunyan and Mike Fink. The first sections...
...striking contrast to Denmark's gallant treatment of marrying Madam Minister Owen, pious Colombians made suave, energetic Spinster Guillen's life miserable after she ventured to deny officially that her Government persecuted the Catholic Church. Too late a Colombian newspaper editor reminded his churlish readers: "Señorita Guillen has said many nice things about Colombia and refused higher posts in the U. S. and Europe because she preferred Colombia...