Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...several weeks. Charges of police brutality -the most frequent complaint-are commonplace on Page One. And militancy-within bounds-seems to pay off. By concentrating on civil rights, the bouncy In Sepia Dallas has raised circulation from 5,000 to an estimated 22,500 in three years; by contrast, the bland Dallas Express has slipped from 9,000 to 4,900. Sensitive to the growing pride in race, the papers are using the word Negro much less than before; the Amsterdam News has banned it altogether in favor of Afro-American. "Our emphasis is on self-determination within the black...
...Elite" dancing, observed in country clubs and "two swank hotels," is marked by restraint and "the carefully planned masking of sexual demonstrations." "Swirling and side-stepping about the floor, the upper-class couples present a handsome contrast to lower-class couples who barely move during slower dances...
...quite a contrast to his previous placid life in Peking. "We used to feel personally more secure there than anywhere else in the world," he says. "We could send our children out on the streets. We could leave our homes and cars open, and nothing would be stolen. This violence was a terrible change...
Both Laredos were religious in their execution of Beethoven's sharp dynamic contrast and Leonard-Shurine in their emphasis on structural detail. But stunning as were these effects, they seemed to be employed as things-in-themselves rather than as elements in an over-all interpretation. Too much for instance, was made of Beethoven's strategic pauses, which though pregnant with meaning can easily turn barren when pushed out of shape...
...summies, by contrast, were quite apathetic towards the buttons. Aside from the inevitable cranks, only one bothered to pick up the gauntlet, a delightful girl from Smith whose counter-button read "I'm unimpressed." Miss Greenhouse to the contrary, the buttons were sold without regard to race, creed, or collegiate origin, but only about a dozen summies asked for them. Under the circumstances, such apathy was refreshing...