Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the story opens, Blacky's brother Christian is engaged to pretty, fluffy, red-haired May Almy. Her mother, who has socially arrived (in contrast to Christian's mother who is still climbing, with the odds against her ever reaching the summit), is privately chagrined at the prospect of the match, though to be sure the family bank account is something of a palliative. Mr. Gaar had been secretary to her husband until the latter had mysteriously ad mitted him to partnership; and upon Mr. Almy's death Mr. Gaar, whilom Danish immigrant, had automatically become the head...
...contrast, Henry Cabot Lodge came and went like a silent wraith. He seemed frail, apparently steadied himself by the desks, so that a sudden draught might not upset him. He paused to chat with this one, with that one, with La Follette, with Pat Harrison, and then retired to recline in the background with legs stretched out and jacket tightly buttoned...
...Kerensky, Lenin, the dreaded Cheka are delineated with more than a modicum of truth. It is a colorful, kaleidescopic tale, ranging from scenes among the simple, suffering peasants to all the lavish splendor of the Imperial Court ?the whole shot through with the sharp truths of racial contrast and alien heritage...
...first Fascist Parliament was opened in state by King Vittorio Emanuele III on the ninth anniversary of Italy's entry into the War, and was a great contrast to the ceremony of 1920 when Communists dominated the scene. On this occasion not a Communist nor a Socialist was seen, much less heard...
...author, who is a Roman Catholic as well as an authoritarian, emphasizes a religious contrast, presented in the fact that while any given section of Europe is either predominantly Catholic or predominantly Protestant, the U.S. contains both types of religion together. In literature we are different, in language we are dividing from the English; and in our foreign relations we have reached the point where it is necessary for us to keep away from Europe and for Europe to keep away from us if disaster is to be avoided...