Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...popular U.S.-needling Sunday Pictorial also loosed a blast: "Too many passages develop into a justification of the fact that, time and again [General Eisenhower] overrode British plans and demands. And the extravagance of the bouquets he hands to some of the American Generals is in strange contrast to the chilly praise with which he so nearly damns Montgomery...
...cover of the pamphlet was the prize-winning photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima along with the words, "Should AMERICA'S College Professors be pro-AMERICAN? A thought-provoking contrast in points of view from Bloomfield College...
...portrays only two localities. His new pictures, on exhibition in a Manhattan gallery last week, owed nothing to the prevailing distortions of Paris: they were in the straightforward, realistic U.S. tradition of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper. Bleak as a December dawn, they seemed a startling contrast to the cheerful, crop-headed young man who had painted them...
Light is studied in the same way. Since human eyes get tired when forced to adapt themselves continually to contrasts of brightness and dimness, lighting experts are trying to tone down the bright spots and light up the dim spots. A properly lighted room, by modern standards, is apt to have walls painted in varied shades and colors. The light comes from large, diffuse sources. Instruments such as typewriters and blackboards are apt to be colored in a way that does not contrast too much with the rest of the "light environment." (But light experts are careful not to eliminate...
...that is simply what the Council is trying to ensure. The proposals themselves are, of course, less important than the issue involved. In the past 25 years, undergraduates have resolved difficulties with the College where their own interests are concerned. This approach has worked; it has been in, contrast to that used in other colleges, where decisions affecting students are handed down from the administration, and where there is no appeal. Fortunately, in this instance, Dean Bender has rejected a measure which would have denied student rights, and has proved he is anxious for the tradition of student-administration cooperation...