Word: contrasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only slight improvements that soon faded. Madrazo credits his team's success to modifications in surgical technique. The Swedes had transferred the adrenal tissue directly into a C-shaped structure in the middle of the brain called the caudate nucleus, where dopamine exerts its primary effects. The Mexicans, by contrast, used surgical staples to anchor the cells onto the exterior of the caudate, which is continually bathed in cerebrospinal fluid. This nourishing bath may have helped the graft survive. In addition, Madrazo says, he transplanted "much more" tissue than did his predecessors...
...golden arches stand tall over the competition in the huge fast-food industry, which rang up sales of $50.5 billion last year. McDonald's market share: 19%, in contrast to Burger King's 9% and Wendy's 5%, according to Analyst William Trainer, who follows the industry for Merrill Lynch. While the other hamburger chains posed fast-growing threats to McDonald's in past years, the rivals now have generally turned down the heat on their expansion...
...slices. On the other hand, McDonald's realizes that corporate headquarters is not always the best place to come up with market-sensitive ideas. One object lesson was a headquarters brainstorm years ago known as the Hulaburger, a pineapple-and-cheese combination that flopped in a big way. By contrast, the Big Mac, Egg McMuffin and McD.L.T. were all dreamed up by individual McDonald's operators...
...contrast with the Senate proposal, the HouseBudget Committee recommended last week to boostall educational programs by $2.2 billion--with ayet unspecified "goodly chunk" going directly tofinancial aid programs, congressional aid KathyAusley said yesterday...
...those who command offices in the West Wing of the White House. Such has been particularly the case with Ronald Reagan. In his first term, the fractious troika of James Baker, Edwin Meese and Michael Deaver exposed the often passive President to a wide diversity of opinion. In contrast, the ill-fated monolithic regime of Chief of Staff Donald Regan demonstrated that Reagan is far better served by a disparate team than a surrogate Prime Minister...