Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seven years ago this month, the first seven U.S. astronauts were introduced with fanfare at a Washington press conference. Last week, by contrast, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced its fifth and largest group of spacemen, the 19 appointees were not around to take a bow. If their selection had lost some of its novelty value, their credentials were just as distinguished as those of their predecessors-and their missions would be even farther...
There were also dramatic differences between the two. The most notable: the Viking Princess's efficient, seasoned crew, mostly Norwegian, and its stout red-mustached skipper, a veteran of 36 years at sea. By contrast, the Castle was commanded by a green Greek who received a stinging rebuke for negligence from the U.S. Coast Guard for, among other indiscretions, holding no fire drill for his passengers and being among the first to leave the ship...
...everyone looks upon London's new swing as a blessing. For many who treasure an older, quieter London, the haystack hair, the suspiciously brilliant clothes, the chatter about sex and the cheery vulgarity strike an ugly contrast with the stately London that still persists in the quieter squares of Belgravia or in such peaceful suburbs as Richmond. They argue that credulity and immorality, together with a sophisticated taste for the primitive, are symptoms of decadence. The Daily Telegraph's Anthony Lejeune two weeks ago decried "aspects of the contemporary British scene which have not merely surprised the outside...
...counterparts on the Continent. Last season the Vienna Philharmonic performed 50 concerts and the London Symphony 32, while the Philadelphia Orchestra played 179 and the Boston Symphony 206. Of the world's 2,000 orchestras, the U.S. claims 1,401, including 25 that rank as major. France, by contrast, has only two professional symphony orchestras outside Paris, Britain only six outside London...
Despite such symptoms of affluence, the Austrian economy is in trouble. In sharp contrast to the U.S. and most of Europe, Austrian industrial investment in new plants and equipment has dwindled by an average 4% a year for four years, and the decline seems sure to continue throughout 1966. The investment shrinkage is undermining Austria's ability to compete in its biggest foreign market, the European Economic Community, which took 47% of the country's exports last year...