Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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George Ball, by contrast, has been a prolific public critic of Nixon-Kissinger-Ford foreign policy. He has been especially skeptical about Kissinger's step-by-step diplomacy in the Middle East. Ball, 66, was Under Secretary of State under J.F.K. and L.B.J., an in-house critic of the Viet Nam policy, and briefly U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Some Carter staffers say Ball is "running too hard" for Secretary...
...include photographs, place of residence, employer, taxes paid and special curfew privileges if any. The average black salary in Johannesburg is $140 a month, only slightly more than the cost of living for a family of five in the box houses of Soweto. Average white salaries, in contrast, are at least five times higher. If Sowetoians are lucky, they may advance to such jobs as computer programmer or bank teller, not necessarily restricted to whites. If they manage that, they can join Soweto's minuscule black elite (less than 1%) who live in a kind of Nob Hill known...
...headed the Administration's task force on questionable corporate payments abroad, objected that Proxmire's bill was unworkable. Said he: "If you make it illegal to commit acts that occur in another country, you create problems of investigation and enforcement." The Administration's proposal, by contrast, seeks to apply penalties only where they could be made to stick. In effect, the bill consists of two catches that exemplify the old cliche, "Damned if you do and damned...
...contrast, the thesis of Jose Barba-Martin, a second year graduate student of Spanish-American literature, is far more traditional and almost seems removed from life. But over the phone with the sound of a baby crying in the background, Barba-Martin said last month he has chosen to put his savings into "my time to get a Ph.D." For him, writing a thesis is "not only a matter of planning but also of other human needs. It's a matter of time and a matter of discipline and you have to plan for more time than you think...
There is a sharp aesthetic contrast between Radio Man and The Sheik, who hands out in front of Harvard Book Store. Radio Man is huge. The Sheik is short; Radio Man is hairless. The Sheik's beard hangs down to his knees; Radio Man is into music, The Sheik is primarily verbal. In fact, it is rumored that The Sheik was a candidate for tenure at the University at one time, and never fully recovered from being turned down...