Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Baskin is represented with only one print, a powerful woodcut entitled Death of a Laureate. A hideous, paunchy Caesar seems to gore himself with his own hand. The intricate details that contrast so effectively with the forceful large areas of pure black testify once more to the skill of this master craftsman of American art. More of his work should have been exhibited...
...contrast with the outmoded Still-man Infirmary, the new structure has been planned for far greater efficiency and convenience. Students will not have to walk up a flight or more of stairs to see a doctor, nor walk to Stillman Infirmary to receive medical attention after 5 p.m. Some 13 doctor's offices are situated on the first floor, and at least one doctor will be on duty 24 hours per day in the new building...
...have also been designed for maximum efficiency. The 26 rooms, which normally contain one or two beds, can, during epidemics, hold two or three beds. On the fourth floor, which will serve as the Harvard infirmary, the normal capacity of 74 beds can be easily expanded to 120. By contrast, Stillman Infirmary cannot hold more than 80 patients without serious crowding problems...
...final results are especially perplexing when viewed in contrast to the hopes, aspirations, and fears of last fall and early winter. Shortness of of memory is an assiduously cultivated habit among embarrassed politicians and one that in general comes easily to voters (but not often enough, many defeated incumbents will tell you) so the exaggerated spirit of last fall already sounds clearly inconceivable. It was, however, heady enough to provoke Senator Lyndon Johnson into delivering what was referred to as a second State of the Union message; one which many thought more authoritative than the first...
Dunlop, however, in contrast to Chamberlin, does not feel that the work stoppage has severely injured anyone, since much of the wages and profits forgone during the summer were in reality transferred into the first half year by the extensive preparations. He offered the opinion that when the strike is over, "there will be no evidence that the strike has hurt the economy...