Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...genuine sorrow over the loss of Mr. Dulles and the general recognition of the wonderful job done by him for his country is a striking contrast to the sorry spectacle of some people in public life who continually sniped at him and made his work harder...
Jumbles Made Sharp. The result was magical. Seismograph records that were hardly more than meaningless jumbles turned into clear, sharp records of distant earthquakes. When Dr. Sutton showed these records to a recent Washington meeting of seismologists, the contrast was so striking that the sophisticated audience burst into applause...
...most of the basic questions concerning religious belief, there was little contrast between the men and women. There was nothing distinctive in the Radcliffe view of the nature of God, the role of organized religion, or the interpretation of scriptural statements...
...overwhelming majority of Radcliffe girls wish to raise their own children in the same tradition in which they were brought up. For every 10 Harvard men who hope to raise children in their own religion, 17 'Cliffies wish to do so. In contrast, for each 10 men who want to give their children no religious training at all, there are only 4 girls of this opinion. And for every 10 men who would choose a different religion from their own in which to raise children, there are only 6 girls who wish to deviate from their own faith...
...Radcliffe girls, however, tended more toward pacifism. The contrast emerged on the question: "IF the United States should find itself in such a position that all other alternatives were closed, save a world war with the Soviet Union OR surrender to the Soviet Union, would you favor war or surrender?" While the substantial majority of both men and girls selected "war," Radcliffe girls were more prone to consider "surrender" as an acceptable alternative. Whereas 75 per cent of the Harvard men chose "war," only 64 per cent of the Radcliffe girls preferred "war" to "surrender...