Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...community, Folkman decided it would be easier to try to kill a tumor by destroying its blood supply than by attacking it directly. His reasoning was sound. Tumors are made up of rapidly dividing mutant cells that adapt quickly to almost any treatment thrown at them. Blood vessels, by contrast, are made up of normal cells that grow much more slowly and are nowhere near as difficult to outwit. Hoping to starve tumors through their supply line of nutrients, Folkman set out to find a drug that could block the construction of new blood vessels...
...balance, technological forecasts have often proved remarkably accurate, in outline if not in detail. By contrast, the political forecasts--whether the dreams of brotherhood or the nightmares of Big Brother--have been far more dubious...
Aaron Landry '99-'00 said part of his gaming enjoyment stems from the "power trip" of seeing himself as "cryptic and distantly ingenious" when he designs and oversees the fantasy worlds of a given game. In contrast, he said everyday life is a let-down...
...contrast to his city streets, the greengrass of Austin's Dunster House seems like asummer home. Austin says he nearly choked when,during his first year at Harvard, a proctor warnedhis new entryway to be careful of CambridgeCommons at night...
...contrast was striking and made me wonder whether Harvard is better or worse for not having a fraternity system. Regardless of the answer, I wonder whether there is a way to achieve the best of both worlds--to foster campus unity, camaraderie and crazy night life created by fraternities while not jeopardizing the safety or political correctness of Harvard...