Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unique character of Harvard's theology instruction has been generally conceded as the cause of poor financial support. The Divinity School faculty preaches no dogma, but rather makes a historical approach to contemporary religions. By thus embracing rabbis to Humanists, it offers a contrast to the sectarian theological schools, which are currently flourishing and growing...
...barrier for a foreigner's complete understanding of his work, for his camera, combined with the tumultuous score of Sergei Prokofieff, fully expresses the emotional current, and the plot is distinctly visual. Photographic effects, indeed, are the strongest element in the picture, with dramatic composition in brilliant silhouetted contrast present in almost every scene. Artistic technique, in this respect, reaches its best with a show of Ivan hovering over a globe against the white interior of the imperial palace...
...competition will be outstanding, in contrast to the traditionally "soft" opening meet material. For example, Bob Bennett, Brown's national intercollegiate 16-pound hammer champion, Jack Fisher, Sam Felton, and Rhode Island's Miller (1-2-3-4 in the indoor IC4A 35-pound weight throw last month) will compete in what should be the country's best hammer show until the IC4A's later this spring...
...addition to the regular courses, the high proportion of teachers to pupils in the Department of the Classics--nearly one assistant professor or higher for every three concentrators--makes possible a tutorial system that leaves nothing to be desired and stands in sharp contrast to many of the other departments now so badly in need of adequate tutorial...
Bathed in a nostalgic aura all its own, rowing on the Charles represents to the world outside Cambridge a contrast to legendary Harvard indifference. While current sports-writers rhapsodize over Gannons and Mariaschins, the College's "old grad" elements gather in their Clubs or at class reunions to reminisce about the great Crimson crews and the numerous, almost unbroken string of victories over Yale. It's a monopoly, they say, and glow the cocky glow of a giant in Yale-Harvard competition...