Word: contrasted
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...contrast to the third period, Harvard controlled much of the offensive play in the opening two frames, outshooting its Tigers counterparts by a margin of 12 shots. In spite of this advantage, it was Princeton who found the back of the net first after a scoreless first period...
Princeton scored another off a power play at 16:09 in the second to make it two-for-four on the power play. In contrast to the Tigers’ power play success, Harvard went zero for five with the man advantage...
...center stage for the program’s finale, a performance of the 1947 version of Igor Stravinsky’s burlesque in four movements, “Petrushka.” Petrushka, which was first performed by Diaghlilev’s Ballet Russes in 1911, provides a delightful contrast to the composer’s later, seminal work Le Sacru du Printemps (“The Rite of Spring”). Petrushka’s plot line of musical puppets cavorting on a fairground cannot begin to compete with Stravinsky’s story of a maiden...
...their press conference there was some hint of the discord, especially as it related to the basing of U.S. marines on Okinawa. Obama said the continuing discussions over U.S. bases in Japan would "focus on the implementation of the agreement" that was already struck. Hatoyama, by contrast, spoke of the possibility of considering relocation of U.S. forces "outside Okinawa and outside of the country...
...contrast, on Obama's first visit to Europe and Asia, the President held two full press conferences and answered multiple questions from traveling reporters at several other events. At the time, the press access was seen as extraordinarily generous for a traveling President...