Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party leader. He has taken a strong position on civil rights for Negroes: he has been careful to treat Africans and Asians as if they were treasured voters. He has been pro-Israeli rather than pro-Arab, for more foreign aid rather than less. He has been careful to contrast his "understanding" of world affairs with the brinkmanship of Mr. Dulles, and has seized the chance to set his capacity for firm decision against the indecision of President Eisenhower. He is not a politician with deep conviction or strong affiliations to any factional interest. But while he may be nobody...
...that feeped yesterday morning sat on the test stand for a while playing dragon and then sort of rolled over and died. The brief blast of the Navy's missile was followed by long and uphappy statements from most of this nation's leaders. Reaction abroad was an interesting contrast as our allies wore amused smiles, obviously enjoying the sight of the vaunted American technology explode so indecorously...
...contrast to the strolling guitar players who frequented the Capriccio, Bach fugues and fifteenth century canciones provide background music at the Mozart. "I much prefer to listen to Schweitzer play Bach than have someone strumming in here. Besides I don't like the guitar much--except for Segovia. I also try to discourage the exhibitionist tendency so often found in today's coffee houses, and I think it is very well discouraged here...
...contrast to the cold black and white of this story is the warm gray of Nash's "The Most Proper Tone." It's about a successful history professor's effort to understand his thoroughly unintellectual football player son. Involved in this problem is the professor's general failure to communicate emotionally with other people or even himself. The action centers around a New England prep school football game in which the son takes a leading part...
...character, didn't know where he was going and therefore had to spell things out. A selectivity more on the level of that displayed toward the end could have greatly helped the story achieve a "most proper tone" rather than simply a "proper tone." As it stands now, the contrast between the professor's richly erudite language and the normal or sub-normal speech of others often jars rather than enhances the otherwise well-sustained tone...