Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...competing business school ranking, released earlier this year by U.S. News & World Report, paints a somewhat different picture. U.S. News placed HBS first, tied with Stanford. By contrast, Business-Week ranked Stanford ninth...
...contrast, this year's team cannot seem to find a reason not to roll over...
...only now becoming evident. Paradoxically, the very belligerence of Farrakhan's defense of Jackson was proof of its futility. Farrakhan did not have a clue about how the power game is really played (and still does not), and so the best he could do was issue empty threats. In contrast, Bernice King's calm, stately defense of Clinton bespoke a newfound political self-confidence among African Americans. At some point during the past 14 years, many black Americans decided to stop acting like victims of oppression and more like full-fledged, bare-knuckles players in the power game. They have...
...hard to see why Streep wanted the role as Kate Gulden. For one thing, she gets to do another accent. (This time, it's a sweet mothery voice that seems deliberately constructed to contrast with Zellwegger's slight poutiness.) She also makes the most of juicy monologues where she not only pours out her soul, but also gives us a devastating and unglamorous portrait of a woman rendered helpless by the ravages of disease. But Streep avoids the overacting bug. She never gives us more than what Kate really is--a mother who knows nothing else but the instinct...
Unfortunately, the contrast between charismatic politicians--who not only could sell you a used car but who would also gladly lie to you about its condition--and true world leaders was brought sharply into focus right here at Harvard 11 days...