Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems to have had the upper hand in recent times. Advocates have claimed that boxers are more comfortable, and that the tightness of briefs is unbearable. They point to medical evidence that briefs can lead to a low sperm count. Moreover, they see boxers as more fashionable; they contrast the wide array of colors and patterns of boxers to the traditionally white briefs...
...does have its perks in addition to its quirks. Twice divorced (he has two children, Khalid, 18, and Reem, 14), Alwaleed is not currently linked with any woman. He laughs sheepishly when people tell him, as they frequently do, that he is the world's most eligible bachelor. In contrast to the stereotype of the whoring petro-sheik, he calls himself a "calorie counter" who doesn't drink or smoke and has an American's obsession with fitness (he now weighs in at 136 lbs.). His only vice seems to be, hardly surprisingly, an appetite for luxury. He is very...
...insurance industry doesn't help matters. In most of the world, IVF is covered by national health insurance. Private insurers in the U.S., by contrast, often refuse to pay for it. Since each attempt costs an average of nearly $8,000, patients often risk multiple births in order to avoid having to pay for a second visit. Eight states now mandate IVF coverage, but in most of the U.S., high-quality assisted reproduction is only for the well...
...lines "There is a loveliness exists,/Preserves us, not for specialists." Specialists were the target of his complaint. The successful people around him had zeroed in on particular and limited interests and had been rewarded for the categories they had made of their lives, while he, in unsuccessful contrast, had flopped about and picked up a few scattered items of value, like loveliness...
Penn managed only 144 total yards in the course of the game, of which just 25 were on the ground. In contrast, Harvard totaled 362 yards for the match...