Word: contrasting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...grumblers ignore the profound influence that Blair had over Bush. Most notably, he pressured Bush to act on global warming, and despite popular belief, Bush indeed changed his stance. In 2001, Bush withdrew the U.S. from the Kyoto treaty and then remained quiet on climate change for years. In contrast, The Observer reported this past January that a month after speaking with Blair about climate change, Bush announced his plan to cut U.S. consumption of oil by 20 percent in 10 years in his State of the Union. Blair, because of his close relationship with the President, was able...
...statistics released yesterday seem to reinforce the notion that academic politics have little to do with where most students decide to go to college. The contrast between how Harvard fared in the media this spring and last could hardly be greater: in February 2006, while high school seniors were gearing up to pick their future school, Harvard’s president resigned after a protracted battle with Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors that made headlines around the world; this February, the national press largely cast Harvard in a rosy glow after the University selected its first woman president...
...long-term subscriber, I was deeply disappointed that you chose creationist Michael Behe to write the piece on biologist Richard Dawkins. Dawkins is a prominent and well-respected scientist and a highly successful science educator for the lay audience. In marked contrast, Behe's writings and public appearances have damaged science education and practice in this country. Of all of the distinguished scientists and writers TIME might have chosen to describe Dawkins and his work, it is astonishing that your magazine settled on Behe. This terrible error of judgment is indicative of either inexcusable ignorance about the state of modern...
...that deal is no longer available. It is bizarre for a politician to promise not to let his most profound moral beliefs affect the way he governs. By contrast, Giuliani's point that Republicans will lose the election if they don't lighten up on abortion may well be true. Not only that: it may be the only assertion made by Giuliani or Romney on the subject of abortion in this campaign that the speaker really, in his heart, believes...
...statistics released today seem to reinforce the notion that academic politics have little to do with where most students decide to go to college. The contrast between how Harvard fared in the media this spring and last could hardly be greater: in February 2006, while high school seniors were gearing up to pick their future school, Harvard's president resigned after a protracted battle with Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors that made headlines around the world; this February, the national press largely cast Harvard in a rosy glow after the University selected its first woman president...