Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When we read; for instance, that he thought Boston "a vast jumbled waste created by prehuman or subhuman monsters in a delirium of greed," we wonder what possibilities of contrast are left him if he should describe Europe's real "jumbled waste" cities. . . . For us, this "largest force lately to appear on the horizon of American letters" is a man to amuse a very prosperous culture which can still permit itself the undermining, disheartening, demoralizing effect of his kind of literature...
...Contracts? Despite these liabilities, Reuther has earned a solid core of support within the union for his determined postwar leadership. His spectacular example is in gaudy contrast to the drab personality of Thomas. Although the battle with G.M. is still to be won, many auto workers feel that Reuther's stand set the pattern for the settlements at Ford and Chrysler...
...contrast to the wild-shooting, fire-horse brand of ball that marked the first meeting between the two teams, Tuesday's game featured excellent ball-handling, accurate marksmanship, and--despite the high score--good defensive play by two teams that played very similar basketball...
Superb marksmanship and a devastating fast break sewed up the game for the Crimson after the first few moments of uncertainty; they averaged a very hot 42 percent in making 30 of the 71 shots they took from the floor, in contrast to the Wildcats...
...Vatican has since learned a good deal more about Americanism, chiefly through contrast with Europe's long, convulsive decline toward economic ruin and moral anarchy. In the 19th Century, writes Historian Joseph McSorley of the Paulist Fathers, "clashes between Church and State occurred in every important country except the United States of America." In the 20th Century, "a large proportion of the working classes turned their backs upon the Church...