Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yard freshmen rarely come up their way. The Quad's only definite attraction to outsiders is Hilles Library, which is much more luxurious than the Yard's Lamont and is a great place to study when the Yard gets too noisy. Hilles's comfortable chairs and bright airy atmosphere contrast to Lamont's stiff wooden claustrophobia...
...Previously the U.S. had cast just seven vetoes, including two in protection of Israel and one rejecting the loss of U.S. sovereignty over the Panama Canal. The Soviet Union, by contrast, has cast 110 vetoes...
...sharp contrast, some political liberals, drawing on a congressional staff study, estimate that decontrol would contribute to a rise of as much as $40 billion in consumer living costs during the next year, or $400 to $800 for the average family of four. Those figures are probably too steep: they reflect guesses on how much oil increases might pull up prices of natural gas and coal and a belief that the $2 tariff would be retained, which has already been proved wrong. They also suggest a fear that higher oil prices will drive up prices of petrochemicals and many other...
...contrast, Fitzsimmons, who was Hoffa's hand-picked successor but then became a rival, is said to show no such resistance. Indeed, he has left the 15 regional vice presidents pretty much alone, making them again the semiautonomous barons that they were before Hoffa began centralizing most of the power around himself. To veteran Teamster observers, that means an open season for the underworld and increasing Mafia penetration...
...contrast, SoCal Gas will pay tax at the full 48% corporate rate on the money it receives by levying the surcharge. Thus, in order to get $313 million to pay to Arco, SoCal Gas will have to collect some $600 million from customers. In the unlikely event that the deal falls through, Arco would refund the SoCal Gas advances plus 7% interest. Then SoCal Gas would return the Arco refund to the consumers. The IRS would rebate the income taxes paid on the money raised for the Arco advance, so the consumers would get back the full $600 million...