Word: contrastingly
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Foil, Agarwalla explains, is a literary device “which refers to points in the poem where the poet does not directly praise the victor, but instead uses another topic or theme to create a contrast which then affects the praise...
...contrast to the grueling last-minute negotiations in Riverside—where the two sides came together on the last possible day for the city council to act on the neighborhood’s zoning petition—the progress on the agreement in Agassiz was steady over the course of a whole year...
...effectively. The writing required of me at the Kennedy School was different than what was required of me in decades on Capitol Hill: There I was surrounded by talented writers and researchers who would prepare the first drafts of position papers or speeches, which I would extensively edit. By contrast, here at the Kennedy School, all the writing was mine from start to finished product. I admit that it took time to wean myself from the reflex of expecting a rough draft to appear magically on my desk ready for my energetic editing. At the Kennedy School, if the paper...
...contrast, people who gain weight are following the body's natural urge to hoard calories. Slight changes in the way you burn and store calories can lead, over time, to piling on the pounds. And while some of the factors responsible for these changes are within your control--how much you exercise or whether you take a second helping of ice cream--most are either inherited or the inbred responses of an organism that is designed to protect itself from starvation. Stress, sleep deprivation and long days packed with constant activity have a tendency to accumulate weight. "If we took...
HEESEN: By contrast, in the U.S. public and private pension funds make up about 43% of our investors...