Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although neither India, Burma nor Afghanistan are colonies, Khrushchev lashed out at "colonialism." "In our speeches in India, Burma and Afghanistan, we exposed the criminal policy of the colonizers." In contrast to Khrushchev, Marshal Bulganin acted like a tired...
...Only in emergencies does Curtice move in and take over. Soon after he became president, he stepped in to straighten out the Allison Division (aircraft engines), which was in trouble because it had been afraid to invest money in research and development unless armed forces orders were assured. By contrast, Competitor Pratt & Whitney had sunk millions in engine development...
...hills, closed down mines and quarries, converted scores of villages into sandbagged strongpoints. It has sucked into Algeria over 200,000 French troops, including the best part of France's NATO divisions, and the bulk of the colonial army now being brought home from South Viet Nam. By contrast, the fellagha's armed strength is less than 10,000 men, possibly less than 5,000. They have no mortars, no artillery, no radios, no armored vehicles. Some fellagha are armed with rifles and Tommy guns, but most have only knives. Lacking explosives, they use axes to chop down...
...however, and the terrible urgency that marked Juno and the Paycock has given way to a more somber and reflective atmosphere. As part of the change in tone, O'Casey adopts a prose style that is rich in metaphor and, at times, very close to poetry. The plot, in contrast, is extremely simple, telling the story of a young railroad worker with artistic inclina-who leaves his ambitions and the girl who loves him to become a leader in the strike...
There is little enough cause for alarm, so manifestly grotesque has been the contrast between Khrushchev's extravagant protestations of affection for his Asian hosts, and his no less extravagant denunciations of the West; between his fantasies on the theme of Communist