Word: contrasted
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...Open] this year and had a chance to chat with him a little bit. When we talk, he always says stuff like "Tell me about 1962!" Or, "Tell me about those wooden rackets!" He's a great historian of the game and is always curious. There's such a contrast between our eras. When I took off in 1956, it took three days to get from Sydney to Rome. Now they do it in half...
...There could not be more contrast between an Ahmadinejad campaign event - the stage occupied only by men, supporters dressed in black, the air filled with sentimental music and religious chants - and a recent rally for Mousavi, with supporters covered in shades of green bouncing to uplifting pop music and women standing onstage to represent him. At a recent Mousavi event attended by some 20,000 supporters - but not the man himself - banners carried phrases like "Government of Hope," "Justice" and "Freedom." A video showcased Iran's national icons, starting with heroes of the 1905 constitutional revolution...
...successful that "today's Party consists mostly of well-educated bureaucrats, professionals and intellectuals," leaving relatively few educated voices to complain. And despite their sometimes ham-fisted tactics, China's security apparatus is very careful about whom it targets, focusing on only a small group of activists. By contrast, ordinary Chinese have probably never been freer, creating the paradox that "open dissent is stifled, but personal freedom flourishes," says...
...endures the brunt of the crisis: "The first hit and worst affected by climate change are the world's poorest groups. Ninety-nine percent of all casualties occur in developing countries. A stark contrast to the one percent of global emissions attributable to some 50 of the least developed nations ... And the poor lack capacity to make their voices heard in international arenas or attract public and private investment. For those living on the brink of survival, climate change is a very real and dangerous hazard. For many, it is a final step of deprivation...
...Arab state has been able to build a sustained economic success in the aftermath of colonialism. (And I include in this indictment mini-states such as Dubai, impressive though they may be, whose recent prosperity seems much too much dependent on a real estate bubble.) In two generations, by contrast, Japan and South Korea, developed two of the world's most vibrant, innovative economies out of the ashes of truly devastating wars. On the foundation of successful economies, both built a superstructure of robust democratic societies - in the case of South Korea, one almost thinks, at times, too robust...