Word: contrasts
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More to the political point, on a 1974 gross income of $147,683.10, he paid $62,281.20 in federal, state and local taxes, placing Ford among those who paid 42% of their income in taxes. This provides a partial contrast with Ronald Reagan, who has conceded that he paid no state income taxes at all in 1970 because of legitimate deductions for "investment losses." Reagan has promised to furnish a fuller explanation of his own financial situation soon...
...contrast to last September, when people were bitter and fearful about inflation and only a minority of the public found Gerald Ford an acceptable President, the latest survey reveals...
Pounding away at the facts, his voice rarely rising, Browning made his points in excruciating detail. The contrast with Bailey, 42, could not have been greater. They were even physical opposites: Browning, standing 6 ft. l½ in., bustling around the courtroom and wrestling with charts; Bailey, 5 ft. 7¾ in., moving with the assured air of a man who is convinced he is going to win. If Browning tended to be didactic, Bailey was dynamic, using his deep, vibrant voice to rivet the jury's attention...
Kozol angered Patty during a prison interview by suggesting that she engineered her own abduction. When called to testify, he will probably try to cast doubt on her assertion that she was an unwilling convert to the S.L.A. cause. By contrast, Lifton believes young people are by far the most vulnerable to brainwashing. The profile that he has drawn of the most susceptible bears a striking resemblance to Patty: "Enormous aspiration toward social change and human brotherhood, which might be connected, under pressure, with various forms of individual guilt over the way one has lived one's life...
...originally asked about Psychology and Social Relations 1360 (Individual and Social Change), in which over 100 students showed up last week compared to an enrollment of under 30 in 1974, the last time I taught the course. In the course of our conversation I volunteered the information that, by contrast, the other course in which I am involved this term (Soc. Sci. 15b), shows a drop in enrollment. The Crimson story proceeds to feature the drop in Soc. Sci. 15b without even mentioning the increase in P&SR 1360. I don't know what conclusions one can draw from these...