Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast, Twain's letters show a simmering distaste for politicians and a maturing affection for the family he left behind. When his younger brother Henry is fatally wounded in a steamboat explosion, the youthful Clemens rushes to his side. He "prayed as never man prayed before," he writes his sister, "that the great God . . . would pour out the fulness of his just wrath upon my wicked head, but have mercy, mercy, mercy upon that unoffending...
Over the years, the group has endorsed umpteen political candidates, taking them around to meet factory workers as well as the movers and shakers in the Latin community. Led by an 80-year-old former cigar maker named Virgilio Fabian, the men are virulently Democratic, a sharp contrast to the largely conservative Cubans only a couple of hundred miles away in Miami. Earlier this spring the group rallied around the presidential candidacy of Albert Gore. Since Gore dropped out of the race, the new favorite is Michael Dukakis...
...This calculated caution may stem from Jackson's awareness of the political paradox of his position. By gently chiding the Massachusetts Governor from the left on such issues as South Africa and military spending, Jackson may be simultaneously advancing the causes he cherishes and enhancing Dukakis' political image. By contrast with Jackson, Dukakis cannot help appearing to be a centrist. As Bert Lance, a longtime conduit between Jackson and the party establishment, puts it, "Jesse gives Dukakis great cover. Dukakis can't have it any better than that...
...audience share of 11% five years ago. The industry's operating profits last year were a rosy $279.4 million, up from a $54 million loss in 1983. Cable systems are being bought and sold for rapidly escalating prices. And advertising revenue in 1987 exceeded $1.1 billion, in contrast to $380 million in 1983. Cable is one of the major competitors cutting into the ratings and revenue of the three broadcast networks. "Cable has certainly grabbed our attention," says David Poltrack, vice president of marketing at CBS. "Their $1 billion ((in ad revenue)) is coming out of our hides...
...getting into the act as well. The USA Network, once filled largely with creaky reruns, has increased the number of fresh shows dramatically. Lifetime, with a diet of talk and service shows aimed mostly at women, will turn out 2,000 hours of original programming this year, in contrast to 200 hours in 1983. Among the most innovative is the Nickelodeon children's channel, which will produce eight new series this year, twice as many as last year, including a children's talk show and a courtroom sitcom...