Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast to the Indian focus of the first novel,Afternoon Raagis a collection of suspiciously autobiographical sketches taken from student life at Oxford. Whatever plot might have strung the biographical snippets of this together has been lost under chapter upon chapter of description...
...letter from the Students for Choice, by contrast, displayed a disturbing lack of maturity and analysis. While the writers profess to "welcome overt discussion and opinions regarding the abortion debate," their letter apparently complains that the Crimson has allowed the opposing viewpoint to be presented...
...letter from the Students for Choice, by contrast, displayed a disturbing lack of maturity and analysis. While the writers profess to "welcome overt discussion and opinions regarding the abortion debate," their letter apparently complains that the Crimson has allowed the opposing viewpoint to be presented...
...contrast, consider for a moment Kwanzaa, a black quasi-alternative to Christmas. The inspiration for Kwanzaa was born not in a manger, but in the mind of a would-be wise man, Dr. Maulana Karenga, a college professor in the 1960s. The holiday is founded on a fairly simple, if somewhat alarming, syllogism: blacks share a common African cultural heritage; blacks do not have a winter holiday of their own to celebrate; so blacks ought to have a holiday of their own with African underpinnings, festive rituals and all the trappings of a religious feast...
...contrast, the French Club's modern French rap performance at this year's show was particularly refreshing. One club member began the performance by coming on stage wearing a beret and carrying a loaf of bread. He immediately dashed both to the ground, grabbing instead a microphone and starting to rap. His implicit statement: yes, berets and French bread define one part of my heritage, but don't think that you completely "understand" my sense of identity or me. Rather, he chose to show us the influence that hip-hop music and culture have had on his identity. If other...