Word: contrasts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...above the Paris field Le Bourget last week, descended almost vertically, fluttered gently, birdlike, to the cement take-off before the hangars, came to a dead stop within a few yards, just as a Paris-London passenger plane thundered down a 500-yard take-off for an unpremeditated, complimentary contrast. "Bravo! bravo!" shouted the crowd, which closed in upon this curiosity. Thirty-year-old, blond, Spanish inventor Juan de la Cierva explained that though he had experimented with airplanes since he was 15, it was the first time he had ever made a long cross country flight in any type...
That a bastard could keep a bitter bargain when an emperor of the blood could not, is the thrilling tale which Author Preedy tells in all the sharp contrast of two disparate natures. With ingenious charm he answers an enigma of European history, enriching it with intriguing rogues, loyal soldiers, a soothsayer, an acrid duchess, and a golden-haired damsel who sets a light at her bedroom window...
...sharp contrast to the interests of this large group who use the Union only occasionally are the interests of that increasing number of men who use the Union's restaurant. These men, numbering over five hundred, seek a club life which the Governing Board attempts to satisfy. Toward this end a pool and billiard room is maintained which is equalled by none in the Square. Under the direction of a professional billiardist excellent instruction free of charge is given. The charge for playing is lower than elsewhere in the Square...
Members of both parties put in sharp contrast Pierre Samuel Dupont's feeling that even though he was not taking a Democratic job, he ought to resign from General Motors before endorsing the Brown Derby. As for Democratic Chairman John J. Raskob, he last week resigned from a lot he had not already resigned from...
Though Soames had adored his first wife, and forced his adoration on her as his propertied right, he was true to his Victorianism in casting her out when she was "unfaithful." By contrast, his daughter's husband suffered bitterly over Fleur's affair with Jon, but he bore with her infidelity. Whether the difference in the two generations is an advance in civilization or a deterioration in force of character, Mr. Galsworthy rather emphasizes the latter by Jon's vague back-to-nature farming venture, and Michael's disarming but nonetheless softy campaign to clean...