Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only joking when I flashed my Communist Party card -- it was actually a Lenin Library card -- but Communism in theory was appealing: everybody works for the greater good, no one is allowed to go hungry or homeless or jobless, no one gets rich at another's expense. Contrast that with, in today's terms, millions of homeless in America and television producer Aaron Spelling's building a $50 million house for himself in Los Angeles...
...move "beyond containment." Already there has been a shift in U.S. policy toward diplomatic compromise in all three of the principal regional conflicts. In Nicaragua the Reagan Administration wanted to overthrow the Sandinistas; the contras were a means to that all-or- nothing end. The Bush Administration, by contrast, is seeking a political settlement that would entail some sort of power sharing between the Sandinistas and their opponents. During consultations on Cambodia in Brunei last week, Secretary of State James Baker made it clear that the U.S. is more willing than it was a year ago to accept the current...
...mother, in contrast, becomes dangerous if left alone. She works her way through the crowd and explains to total strangers how the entire delay is my fault...
...saved the trouble of calculating a winning number of their own and communicating it to their clients. But why should anybody break the law to bet money that could just as easily be wagered legally? Well, the numbers operators sell tickets for as little as 25 cents, in contrast to $1 for state lottery tickets, and the illegal game offers better odds. In general, odds in the state lotteries are the worst of any type of gambling. Atlantic City casinos, for example, are required by New Jersey law to return as winnings 75% of the money bet, but state lotteries...
...still be more symbolic than substantive, the balloting shattered British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's image of invincibility last week. Her Conservative Party suffered its first national defeat in nearly 15 years, capturing only 34.7% of the vote and losing 13 of its 45 European Parliament seats. By contrast, the left- leaning Labor Party totted up 40.2%, stirring dreams among Laborites of ousting Thatcher from power at home...