Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Biology D again heads the sciences with 376 attending the lectures. In sharp contrast with the more popular of the liberal arts courses, the enrollment has shown a rise of less than 70 or approximately 20 percent. Social science leader Economics A, on the other hand, showed a better than 100 percent expansion, and Government 1a, a 93 percent addition...
Washington would find his surface iciness a sharp contrast to breezy, easygoing Mike Pearson. But it would also find him friendly underneath, as well as an expert in all phases of U.S.-Canadian relations...
...cultural development the U.S. is besieged by contrasts. There a few schools organized by American millionaires are luxuriously equipped and are rich in all kinds of equipment. In contrast, the schools for the masses are poor and frequently in one room with one teacher there are three classes...
...James's reflections on Richmond, which the aging genius approached with a young attitude: he looked for tragic poetry in the air of the Confederate capital. James's actual impression of Richmond-seen in all its poverty under a dreary winter snowfall- gains great force by contrast...
...materialist with an idealistic end, comes in snatches of crisp Shavian dialogue, but the entire effect is uneven and erratic. As the Roman conqueror, Claude Rains is excellent. He plays his part with intelligence and a calmness unmoved by the grandeur about him. Vivian Leigh is an effective contrast as Cleopatra, the girlish queen. Flora Robson, as Ftatateeta, a weird combination of killer and nurse, handles herself with barbaric competence. Stewart Granger, who looks like the muscular product of a California beach, manages adequately to make about half the audience squeal ecstatically...