Word: contrasting
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...toast while an accordion is played in the background, has a more of a skit-like quality than some of the other segments. The movement here, while just as impressive, is more playful and calls on the performers to be actors as well as dancers. "Limning Twilight," in contrast to "Accordion To You," is slower and more expressive. The choreography is not as much playful as it is polished and deliberate. Still, the dancers twist and climb over and around each other with effortless fluidity, giving off an impression of weightlessness...
With that precious time, the Crimson will look to uncover the winning formula that it so clearly exhibited last year. Perhaps then, the drive home from Ithaca, New York will be a stark contrast to Friday's disappointing trek back from Yale...
...contrast, B.C. had a week to relax and prepare for the game...
...contrast the journey to Saturday's game, Jones's first 100-yard performance, has not been easy. After a promise-filled freshman year, he struggled last year and even spent some time in an experiment at cornerback...
...thing the gurus do know is that the recent market swings, while unnerving, aren't as historic as they first appear. It's just that the past five years have been an unusually placid period, making the recent action striking by contrast. Daily Dow moves of 1% or 2%, such as we've seen lately, had been sparse since 1991. But before that they were routine. The Chicago-based research firm Logical Information Machines calculates that since 1945 the Dow has risen or fallen at least 1% in a day 2,268 times, or an average of 44 times...