Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seats at Fenway, about half of them have unobstructed views. In contrast, Harvard Stadium can provide good seats for more than 45,000 when auxiliary bleachers are installed...
...King and the President drove past in a long yellow Mercedes, with Sirikit and Lady Bird following in a yellow Daimler, schoolchildren daintily waved flags and cried softly, "Cha yo [hurrah]." Not once did Lyndon yield to the temptation to stop the show and press some flesh. In contrast to the placard-waving scenes from Melbourne to Manila, there were no demonstrations. "Such an act," said General Praphas Charusathien, the Interior Minister, "is against...
Though party strategists speak warily of voter apathy, a record off-year turnout of 56 million-30 million Democrats, 26 million Republicans-is expected. The election stands in marked contrast with 1964, when the Goldwater candidacy distorted traditional voting patterns and moved 4,000,000 G.O.P. voters into the Democratic column. The impact of the Kennedy assassination, important in the 1964 vote, will have little or no effect this time around...
...politics until they become more diligent at the polls. While the number of registered Negro voters in the South has risen from 1,900,000 to 2,300,000 in the past ten years, scarcely 35% of the eligible Negroes bother to vote in local elections up North; by contrast, 85% of the Jews vote, and get commensurate rewards when politicians pass out patronage or nominations. New York's 16% Negro population elects only one of the city's 19 U.S. Congressmen, two of the 37 city councilmen...
...foremost maestros, Böhm helped lead the way in elevating his profession to its rightfully high place in opera. Now 72, he dates his career back to the days when many opera houses did not even bother to list the conductor's name on the program. By contrast, his appearances at the Met this season, especially his inspired reading of Die Frau (TIME, Oct. 14), have loosed the kind of stormy ovation usually reserved for prima donnas...